Table 33. Conditions Reported as Cause of Physical ADL or IADL Limatations Among Females 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 .................................26,088 100.0 16,872 100.0 6,309 100.0 2,907 100.0 Alcohol or drug problem or disorder .... 184 0.7 137 0.8 38 0.6 9 0.3 AIDS or AIDS Related Condibon (ARC) .... 25 0.1 22 0.1 - - 3 0.1 Arthritis or rheumatism ................ 5,384 20.6 4,536 26.9 698 11.1 150 5.2 Back or spine problems (including chronic stiffness or deformity of the back or spine) ....................... 3,501 13.4 2,583 15.3 837 13.3 81 2.8 Blindness or vision problems (difficulty seeing well enough to read a newspaper, even with glasses on) .......................... 923 3.5 462 2.7 295 4.7 166 5.7 Broken bone/fracture ................... 551 2.1 346 2.1 146 2.3 59 2.0 Cancer ................................. 464 1.8 301 1.8 114 1.8 49 1.7 Cerebral Palsy ......................... 120 0.5 110 0.7 8 0.1 2 0.1 Deafness or serious trouble hearing .... 539 2.1 279 1.7 183 2.9 77 2.6 Diabetes ............................... 1,013 3.9 417 2.5 414 6.6 182 6.3 Epilepsy ............................... 115 0.4 67 0.4 40 0.6 8 0.3 Head or spinal cord injury ............. 271 1.0 152 0.9 75 1.2 44 1.5 Heart trouble (including heart attack (coronary), hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis)) .................. 2,666 10.2 1,635 9.7 730 11.6 301 10.4 Hemia or rupture ....................... 205 0.8 82 0.5 70 1.1 53 1.8 High blood pressure (hypertension ...... 1,524 5.8 385 2.3 697 11.0 442 15.2 Kidney stones or chronic kidney trouble .............................. 250 1.0 106 0.6 94 1.5 50 1.7 Learning disability .................... 106 0.4 68 0.4 31 0.5 7 0.2 Lung or respiratory trouble (asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, respiratory allergies, tuberculosis or other lung trouble) ............................. 1,542 5.9 1,020 6.0 343 5.4 179 6.2 Mental or emotional problem or disorder ............................. 487 1.9 259 1.5 140 2.2 88 3.0 Mental retardation ..................... 225 0.9 169 1.0 25 0.4 31 1.1 Missing legs, feet, arms, hands, or fingers .............................. 62 0.2 40 0.2 16 0.3 6 0.2 Paralysis of any kind .................. 390 1.5 275 1.6 80 1.3 35 1.2 Senility/Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease ................................ 233 0.9 153 0.9 48 0.8 32 1.1 Speech disorder ........................ 76 0.3 31 0.2 23 0.4 22 0.8 Stiffness or deformity of the foot, leg, arm, or hand ......................... 1,142 4.4 665 3.9 291 4.6 186 6.4 Stomach trouble (including ulcers, gallbladder or liver conditions) ..... 368 1.4 61 0.4 117 1.9 190 6.5 Stroke ................................. 573 2.2 377 2.2 140 2.2 56 1.9 Thyroid trouble or goiter .............. 129 0.5 12 0.1 57 0.9 60 2.1 Tumor, cyst or growth .................. 120 0.5 66 0.4 33 0.5 21 0.7 Other .................................. 2,900 11.1 2,056 12.2 526 8.3 318 10.9 - Represents zero.