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ADA CHARGE DATA by IMPAIRMENTS/BASES - RECEIPTS (Charges filed with EEOC)

July 26, 1992 - September 30, 1996

This does not include charges filed with state or local Fair Employment Practices Agencies.

IMPAIRMENT BASIS* FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
  # % # % # % # % # %
ALCOHOLISM 17 1.6% 364 2.4% 419 2.2% 469 2.4% 343 1.9%
ALLERGIES 15 1.4% 142 0.9% 135 0.7% 123 0.6% 225 1.2%
ALZHEIMERS 1 0.1% 1 0.0% 3 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0.0%
ANXIETY DISORDER 0 0.0% 4 0.0% 352 1.9% 461 2.3% 440 2.4%
ASTHMA 18 1.7% 278 1.8% 315 1.7% 343 1.7% 314 1.7%
AUTISM 11 1.0% 11 0.1% 3 0.0% 6 0.0% 3 0.0%
BRAIN-HEAD IMPAIRMENT 1 0.1% 1 0.0% 133 0.7% 162 0.8% 146 0.8%
BRAIN-HEAD INJURY - TRAUMATIC 10 1.0% 151 1.0% 118 0.6% 126 0.6% 119 0.7%
CANCER 30 2.9% 402 2.6% 457 2.4% 419 2.1% 399 2.2%
CEREBRAL PALSY 12 1.1% 101 0.7% 89 0.5% 84 0.4% 98 0.5%
  FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 100 0.5% 112 0.6% 85 0.5%
CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER 0 0.0% 11 0.1% 209 1.1% 238 1.2% 256 1.4%
CYSTIC FIBROSIS 1 0.1% 6 0.0% 5 0.0% 7 0.0% 3 0.0%
DEPRESSION 0 0.0% 8 0.1% 889 4.7% 1,185 6.0% 1,338 7.4%
DIABETES 52 5.0% 525 3.4% 661 3.5% 688 3.5% 676 3.7%
DISFIGUREMENT 4 0.4% 73 0.5% 73 0.4% 63 0.3% 49 0.3%
DRUG ADDICTION 18 1.7% 207 1.4% 210 1.1% 233 1.2% 155 0.9%
DWARFISM 0 0.0% 13 0.1% 5 0.0% 9 0.0% 10 0.1%
EPILEPSY 27 2.6% 392 2.6% 397 2.1% 392 2.0% 338 1.9%
GASTROINTESTINAL IMPAIRMENTS 13 1.2% 116 0.8% 183 1.0% 155 0.8% 148 0.8%
HEARING IMPAIRMENT 48 4.6% 482 3.2% 563 3.0% 537 2.7% 463 2.6%
  FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
HEART CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENTS 46 4.4% 781 5.1% 811 4.3% 733 3.7% 635 3.5%
HIV 13 1.2% 298 2.0% 326 1.7% 353 1.8% 287 1.6%
KIDNEY IMPAIRMENT 6 0.6% 105 0.7% 127 0.7% 133 0.7% 99 0.5%
LEARNING DISABILITIES 26 2.5% 239 1.6% 245 1.3% 318 1.6% 263 1.5%
MANIC DEPRESSIVE DISORDER 0 0.0% 3 0.0% 300 1.6% 351 1.8% 337 1.9%
MENTAL RETARDATION 4 0.4% 62 0.4% 67 0.4% 81 0.4% 77 0.4%
MISSING DIGITS OR LIMBS 23 2.2% 175 1.1% 243 1.3% 188 0.9% 184 1.0%
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 17 1.6% 212 1.4% 233 1.2% 234 1.2% 216 1.2%
NON-PARALYTIC ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENT 30 2.9% 454 3.0% 1,507 8.0% 1,948 9.8% 1,824 10.1%
ORTHOPEDIC AND STRUCTURAL IMPAIRMENTS of the BACK 208 19.8% 3,021 19.8% 3,664 19.4% 3,463 17.5% 2,897 16.1%
OTHER BLOOD DISORDERS 11 1.0% 93 0.6% 159 0.8% 193 1.0% 151 0.8%
  FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
OTHER DISABILITY 241 23.0% 4,476 29.3% 3,615 19.2% 3,850 19.4% 3,542 19.6%
OTHER NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS 35 3.3% 617 4.0% 612 3.2% 533 2.7% 539 3.0%
OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS 91 8.7% 1,481 9.7% 726 3.8% 555 2.8% 517 2.9%
OTHER RESPIRATORY - PULMONARY DISORDERS 11 1.0% 133 0.9% 140 0.7% 167 0.8% 143 0.8%
PARALYSIS 28 2.7% 383 2.5% 227 1.2% 152 0.8% 154 0.9%
RECORD OF DISABILITY 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 400 2.1% 498 2.5% 516 2.9%
REGARDED AS DISABLED 0 0.0% 19 0.1% 1,234 6.5% 1,769 8.9% 1,884 10.4%
RELATIONSHIP-ASSOCIATION 0 0.0% 3 0.0% 161 0.9% 167 0.8% 200 1.1%
SCHIZOPHRENIA 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 75 0.4% 56 0.3% 65 0.4%
SPEECH IMPAIRMENT 11 1.0% 105 0.7% 106 0.6% 87 0.4% 98 0.5%
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0.1% 15 0.1% 10 0.1% 10 0.1% 12 0.1%
VISION IMPAIRMENT 48 4.6% 482 3.2% 506 2.7% 454 2.3% 422 2.3%
TOTAL 1,048 100.0% 15,274 100.0% 18,859 100.0% 19,798 100.0% 18,046 100.0%

*Charges may be filed alleging multiple impairments or bases.

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