Table 31. Conditions Reported as Cause of Physical ADL or IADL Limatations Among Persons 65 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 ............................... 21,270 100.0 13,138 100.0 5,567 100.0 2,565 100.0 Alcohol or drug problem or disorder ... 151 0.7 121 0.9 21 0.4 9 0.4 AIDS or AIDS Related Condition(ARC) ... 30 0.1 18 0.1 2 _ 10 0.4 Arthribs or rheumatism ................ 4,468 21.0 3,665 27.9 650 11.7 153 6.0 Back or spine problems (including chronic sbffness or deformity of the back or spine) ...................... 1,746 8.2 1,059 8.1 624 11.2 63 2.5 Blindness or vision problems (difficulty seeing well enough to read a newspaper, even with glasses on) ......................... 987 4.6 524 4.0 320 5.7 143 5.6 Broken bone/fracture .................. 469 2.2 284 2.2 140 2.5 45 1.8 Cancer ................................ 543 2.6 358 2.7 115 2.1 70 2.7 Cerebral Palsy ........................ 32 0.2 29 0.2 3 0.1 - - Deafness or serious trouble hearing ... 695 3.3 416 3.2 190 3.4 89 3.5 Diabetes .............................. 855 4.0 344 2.7 359 6.4 152 5.9 Epilepsy .............................. 77 0.4 46 0.4 19 0.3 12 0.5 Head or spinal cord injury ............ 168 0.8 114 0.9 36 0.6 18 0.7 Heart trouble (including heart attack (coronary), hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis) ......... 3,068 14.4 1,880 14.3 845 15.2 43 13.4 Hernia or rupture ..................... 201 0.9 75 0.6 88 1.6 38 1.5 High blood pressure (hypertension ..... 1,208 5.7 294 2.2 554 10.0 360 14.0 Kidney stones or chronic kidney trouble ............................. 166 0.8 62 0.5 74 1.3 30 1.2 Learning disability ................... 12 0.1 8 0.1 4 0.1 - - Lung or respiratory trouble (asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, respiratory allergies, tuberculosis or other lung trouble) ............................ 1,390 6.5 905 6.9 288 5.2 197 7.7 Mental or emotional problem or disorder ............................ 134 0.6 69 0.5 39 0.7 26 1.0 Mental retardation .................... 25 0.1 16 0.1 9 0.2 - - Missing legs, feet, arms, hands, or fingers ............................. 133 0.6 81 0.6 43 0.8 9 0.4 Paralysis of any kind ................. 280 1.3 203 1.5 59 1.1 18 0.7 Senility/Demenba/Alzheimer's Disease ............................... 350 1.6 223 1.7 73 1.3 54 2.1 Speech disorder ....................... 46 0.2 13 0.1 6 0.1 27 1.1 Stiffness or deformity of the foot, leg, arm, or hand ........................ 867 4.1 444 3.4 272 4.9 151 5.9 Stomach trouble (including ulcers gallbladder or liver conditions) .... 236 1.1 32 0.2 95 1.7 109 4.2 Stroke ................................ 722 3.4 464 3.5 152 2.7 106 4.1 Thyroid trouble or goiter ............. 71 0.3 3 - 29 0.5 39 1.5 Tumor, cyst or growth ................. 50 0.2 21 0.2 7 0.1 22 0.9 Other ................................. 2,090 9.8 1,367 10.4 451 8.1 272 10.6 - Represents zero.