Table B. Persons 15 Years Old and Over Having Difficulty With  
         or Unable to Perform Specified Functional Activities: 1991-92
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[Numbers in thousands]
         
                                       Persons 15 years  Persons 15 to  Persons 65 years
                                          old and over    64 years old    old and over
          Functional activities
                                               Percent         Percent         Percent
                                        Number distrib. Number distrib. Number distrib.
         
TOTAL .................................195,729   100.0 165,040  100.0   30,688  100.0

Has difficulty with or is unable to perform
 specified number of functional activities:
  One or more.......................... 34,163    17.5  18,948   11.5   15,215   49.6
   One ................................ 14,463     7.4   9,826    6.0    4,637   15.1
   Two ................................  7,093     3.6   3,980    2.4    3,113   10.1
   Three or more ...................... 12,608     6.4   5,143    3.1    7,464   24.3

Has difficulty with or is unable to perform
 specified functional activity:
  Seeing words and letters.............  9,685     5.0   4,801    2.9    4,884   15.9
  Hearing normal conversations ........ 10,928     5.6   5,522    3.4    5,406   14.5
  Having speech understood ............  2,284     1.2   1,517    0.9      767    2.5
  Lifting and carrying 10 lbs.......... 16,205     8.3   7,827    4.7    8,378   27.3
  Climbing stairs without resting ..... 17,469     8.9   8,068    4.9    9,400   30.6
  Walking 3 city blocks ............... 17,319     8.9   7,937    4.8    9,381   30.6
										 
Unable to perform specified number of						 
 functional activities:								 
  One or more.......................... 15,173     7.8   6,552    4.0    8,620   28.1
   One ................................  6,979     3.6   3,642    2.2    3,337   10.9
   Two ................................  3,956     2.0   1,593    1.0    2,363    7.7
   Three or more ......................  4,286     2.2   1,361    0.8    2,925    9.5

Unable to perform specified functional actvity:
 Seeing words and letters..............  1,590     0.8     579    0.4    1,011    3.3
 Hearing normal conversation ..........    924     0.5     364    0.2      561    1.8
 Having speech understood .............    237     0.1     161    0.1       76    0.3
 Lifting and carrying 10 lbs...........  7,734     4.0   3,121    1.9    4,613   15.0
 Climbing stairs without resting ......  9,116     4.7   3,595    2.2    5,522   18.0
 Walking 3 city blocks ................  8,972     4.6   3,243    2.0    5,729   18.7