Table 13. Persons 65 Years Old and Over Wlth a Disability, by Selected Charactericstics:
1991-92
[Numbers in thousands]
                                         -------With a disability-------
  Sex and age                                             With a severe 
                                                            disability
                                  Total  Number Percent  Number Percent

BOTH SEXES, 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER

Total  ........................  30,688  16,541    53.9  10,417    34.0

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

White  ........................  27,396  14,559    53.1   8,999    32.9
  Not of Hispanic origin  .....  26,449  13,980    52.9   8,586    32.5
Black  ........................   2,737   1,727    63.1   1,260    46.1
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut    77      46     (B)      32     (B)
Asian or Pacific Islander .....     479     209    43.6     127    26.4
Hispanic origin  ..............   1,233     745    60.4     528    42.8

FAMILY RELATIONSHiP

Family householder or spouse  .  18,335   8,891    48.5   5,251    28.6
  Married, spouse present .....  16,461   7,779    47.3   4,495    27.3
  No spouse present  ..........   1,873   1,113    59.4     756    40.4
Nonfamily householder .........   9,922   6,049    61.0   3,950    39.8
  Lives alone  ................   9,782   5,997    61.3   3,929    40.2
Other relative of householder     1,916   1,305    68.1   1,028    53.6
Secondary individual  .........     439     252    57.3     173    39.3

YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

Less than 12  .................  13,245   8,610    65.0   5,926    44.7
12  ...........................   9,969   4,750    47.6   2,759    27.7
13 to 15 ......................   3,826   1,739    45.5   1,003    26.2
16 and over ...................   3,648   1,442    39.5     730    20.0

REGION

Northeast  ....................   6,778   3,408    50.3   2,326    34.3
Midwest  ......................   7,999   4,163    52.0   2,330    29.1
South  ........................  10,138   5,995    59.1   3,969    39.1
West  .........................   5,774   2,976    51.5   1,793    31.1

RESIDENCE

In central city  ..............   9,217   5,045    54.7   3,288    35.7
In metro area, not central city  13,157   6,675    50.7   4,256    32.4
Not in metro area .............   8,315   4,821    58.0   2,873    34.6

RATIO OF INCOME TO LOW-INCOME
  THRESHOLD

Less than 1.00  ...............   3,302   2,384    72.2   1,750    53.0
1.00 to 1.49  .................   4,509   2,910    64.5   1,995    44.3
1.50 to 1.99 ..................   4,150   2,471    59.5   1,586    38.2
2.00 to 2.99 ..................   7,244   3,863    53.3   2,366    32.7
3.00 to 3.99 ..................   4,429   2,017    45.5   1,113    25.1
4.00 and over  ................   7,056   2,897    41.1   1,607    22.8

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE STATUS

Covered by private insurance  . 23,,893  11,964    50.1   7,050    29.5
Not covered by private insurance  6,796   4,577    67.4   3,368    49.6
  Covered by Medicaid .........   2,137   1,746    81.7   1,418    66.4

Covered by Medicare  ..........  29,893  16,155    54.0  10,141    33.9
Covered by Medicaid ...........   2,469   1,995    80.8   1,613    65.4

MEANS-TESTED ASSISTANCE

Received cash asistance  ......   1,874   1,532    81.7   1,252    66.8
Received food stamps  .........   1,029     883    85.8     694    67.5
Received housing assistance ...   1,661   1,272    76.6     950    57.2

Received both cash assistance 
  and food stamps  ............     661     581    87.9     479    72.5

Received all 3 benefits  ......     179     160    89.4     125    69.8

Received food stamps only  ....     270     225    83.3     165    61.3

Did not receive assistance ....  27,329  13,892    50.8   8,370    30.6

TENURE OF HOUSING UNIT

Owner occupied  ...............  24,325  12,351    50.8   7,416    30.5
Renter occupied  ..............   6,363   4,190    65.8   3,001    47.2

B Base less than 150,000.