Table 32. Conditions Reported as Cause of Physical ADL or IADL Limitations Among 
Males 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 ............................... 15,875 100.0 10,419 100.0  3,753 100.0  1,703 100.0

Alcohol or drug problem or disorder ....   116   0.7     83   0.8     10   0.3     23   1.4
AIDS or AIDS Related Condition
(ARC) ..................................    78   0.5     70   0.7      2   0.1      6   0.4
Arthribs or rheumatism ................. 1,800  11.3  1,428  13.7    277   7.4     95   5.6
Back or spine problems (including
  chronic sbfflness or defommity of the
  back or spine) ....................... 2,176  13.7  1,664  16.0    464  12.4	   48   2.8
Blindness or vision problems
  (difficulty seeing well enough to
  read a newspaper, even with
  glasses on) ..........................   559   3.5    374   3.6    139   3.7     46   2.7
Broken bone/fracture ...................   278   1.8    193   1.9     75   2.0     10   0.6
Cancer .................................   433   2.7    286   2.7     92   2.5     55   3.2
Cerebral Palsy .........................    62   0.4     45   0.4     17   0.5     -    -

Deafness or serious trouble hearing ....   561   3.5    392   3.8    123   3.3     46   2.7
Diabetes ...............................   606   3.8    268   2.6    256   6.8     82   4.8
Epilepsy ...............................   143   0.9     92   0.9     36   1.0     15   0.9
Head or spinal cord injury .............   322   2.0    217   2.1     76   2.0     29   1.7
Heart trouble (including heart attack
  (coronary), hardening of the arteries
  (arteriosclerosis) ................... 1,983  12.5  1,277  12.3    509  13.6    197  11.6
Hernia or rupture ......................   207   1.3    109   1.0     68   1.8     30   1.8
High blood pressure (hypertension)......   636   4.0    237   2.3    251   6.7    148   8.7
Kidney stones or chronic kidney
  trouble ..............................   149   0.9     50   0.5     53   1.4     46   2.7
Learning disability ....................   129   0.8     56   0.5     51   1.4     22   1.3
Lung or respiratory trouble (asthma,
  bronchitis, emphysema, respiratory
  allergies, tuberculosis or other lung
  trouble) ............................. 1,297   8.2    883   8.5    233   6.2    181  10.6
Mental or emotional problem or
  disorder .............................   298   1.9    172   1.7     86   2.3     40   2.3
Mental retardation .....................   277   1.7    194   1.9     64   1.7     19   1.1
Missing legs, feet, arms, hands, or
  fingers ..............................   240   1.5    173   1.7     40   1.1     27   1.6
Paralysis of any kind ..................   327   2.1    216   2.1     66   1.8     45   2.6
Senility/ Dementia/Alzheimer's
Disease ................................   146   0.9     91   0.9     31   0.8     24   1.4
Speech disorder ........................    75   0.5     25   0.2     32   0.9     18   1.1
Stiffness or deformity of the foot, leg,
  arm, or hand .........................   882   5.6    525   5.0    244   6.5    113   6.6
Stomach trouble (including ulcers,
  gallbladder or liver conditions) .....   169   1.1     34   0.3     77   2.1     58   3.4
Stroke .................................   474   3.0    303   2.9     80   2.1     91   5.3
Thyroid trouble or goiter ..............    10   0.1    -     -       10   0.3     -    -
Tumor, cyst or growth ..................    55   0.3     28   0.3     13   0.3     14   0.8
Other .................................. 1,387   8.7    934   9.0    278   7.4    175  10.3

- Represents zero.