Table 29. Conditions Reported as Cause of Physical ADL or IADL Limitations Among Persons 15 Years Old and Over: 1991-92 [Numbers in thousands] ---------------Number of times reported as------------ 1st, 2nd or 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd Condition condition condition condition condition Number % Number % Number % Number % TOTAL ................................. 41,969 100.0 27,289 100.0 10,063 100.0 4,617 100.0 Alcohol or dnug problem or disorder ...... 300 0.7 219 0.8 48 0.5 33 0.7 AIDS or AIDS Related Condition (ARC) ................................. 105 0.3 93 0.3 2 - 10 0.2 Arthritis or rheumatism ................. 7,184 17.1 5,963 21.9 976 9.7 245 5.3 Back or spine problems (including chronic stiffness or defommity of the back or spine) ......................... 5,679 13.5 4,248 15.6 1,301 12.9 130 2.8 Blindness or vision problems (difficulty seeing well enough to read a newspaper, even with glasses on) ..... 1,481 3.5 835 3.1 434 4.3 212 4.6 Broken bone/fracture ..................... 830 2.0 540 2.0 221 2.2 69 1.5 Cancer ................................... 896 2.1 586 2.1 206 2.0 104 2.3 Cerebral Palsy .......................... 182 0.4 155 0.6 25 0.2 2 - Deafness or serious trouble hearing ...... 1,099 2.6 671 2.5 305 3.0 123 2.7 Diabetes ................................. 1,619 3.9 685 2.5 670 6.7 264 5.7 Epilepsy ................................ 259 0.6 159 0.6 77 0.8 23 0.5 Head or spinal cord injury .............. 592 1.4 368 1.3 151 1.5 73 1.6 Heart trouble (including heart attack (coronary), hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis) .................... 4,649 11.1 2,912 10.7 1,239 12.3 498 10.8 Hernia or nupture ....................... 413 1.0 191 0.7 139 1.4 83 1.8 High blood pressure (hypertension) ....... 2,161 5.1 622 2.3 949 9.4 590 12.8 Kidney stones or chronic kidney trouble ............................... 400 1.0 157 0.6 147 1.5 96 2.1 Learning disability ..................... 235 0.6 124 0.5 82 0.8 29 0.6 Lung or respiratory trouble (asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, respiratory allergies, tuberculosis or other lung trouble) ............................... 2,840 6.8 1,903 7.0 576 5.7 361 7.8 Mental or emotional problem or disorder .............................. 784 1.9 430 1.6 226 2.2 128 2.8 Mental retardation ...................... 501 1.2 363 1.3 88 0.9 50 1.1 Missing legs, feet, arms, hands, or fingers ............................... 302 0.7 213 0.8 56 0.6 33 0.7 Paralysis of any kind .................... 716 1.7 491 1.8 145 1.4 80 1.7 Senility/Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease ................................. 381 0.9 245 0.9 79 0.8 57 1.2 Speech disorder .......................... 151 0.4 56 0.2 55 0.5 40 0.9 Stiffness or defommity of the foot, leg, arm, or hand ..................... 2,024 4.8 1,189 4.4 535 5.3 300 6.5 Stomach trouble (including ulcers, gallbladder or liver conditions) ...... 537 1.3 95 0.3 194 1.9 248 5.4 Stroke ................................... 1,047 2.5 680 2.5 220 2.2 147 3.2 Thyroid trouble or goiter ................ 139 0.3 12 - 67 0.7 60 1.3 Tumor, cyst or growth ................... 176 0.4 94 0.3 46 0.5 36 0.8 Other ................................... 4,287 10.2 2,990 11.0 804 8.0 493 10.7 - Represents zero.