*** VI. Federal Programs for Persons with Disabilities ***
Table 34.Type of Educational Environment for Children and Youth 6-21 Years
Old Served Under the Education of the Handicapped Act (Chapter 1 of ESEA
(SOP) and EHA-B), by Handicapping Condition: School Year 1987-88
** Highlights
Special education placements varied depending on the particular handicapping
condition. For speech impaired students, 94.5 percent were served in the
integrated settings of either regular classrooms or resource rooms, compared
to only 16.1 percent for deaf-blind students.
Separate classrooms were the setting for 57.6 percent of mentally retarded
students, 45.9 percent of multi- handicapped students, 35.2 percent of
hearing impaired students, and 34.6 percent of emotionally disturbed
students.
The most restrictive settings - separate schools, residential facilities, or
home/hospital placements - involved nearly half of the deaf-blind students
and more than one-third of multi-handicapped students. These settings
occurred only infrequently for children with learning disabilities and speech
impairments.
For all conditions, the most frequently occurring placement was the resource
room (40.0 percent), followed by the regular classroom (28.9 percent), and a
separate class (24.7 percent). Collectively, a total of 6.4 percent of all
placements were in separate schools, residential facilities, or
home/hospital.
** Explanatory Notes
This table presents data for students served under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, commonly called Chapter 1 of ESEA (State
Operated Programs) and Part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act
(EHA-B). One intent of this legislation is to provide for a free public
education for all handicapped students. Amendments to the legislation have
extended coverage of the laws to all children; however, available placement
data are combined for both laws for school age children ages 6-21. Beginning
with data for the 1989-90 school year, children served by each law will be
reported separately. The most recent placement data were for the 1987-88
school year.
While not available by both placement and condition, the 1988-89 school year
figure for all children served under EHA-B and Chapter 1 of ESEA (SOP) was
4.6 million for children ages 0-21 years. This figure excludes infants and
toddlers 0-2 years of age served under Part H of EHA.
Regular class is defined as settings where special education is made
available to the student for less than 21% of the school day. Resource rooms
settings provide special education more than 21% of the time but less than
60%. Separate class settings provide special education to students more than
60% of the school day. Separate school and residential facility settings
both provide schooling for more than 50% of the day. In all the above
settings the time not spent in special education programs is devoted to
regular classroom instruction. Home/hospital programs are instances where
the child's education is totally provided for in either the home or hospital.
Table 34. Type of Educational Environment for Children and Youth 6-21
Years Old Served Under the Education of the Handicapped Act
(Chapter 1 of ESEA (SOP) and EHA-B), by Handicapping Condition:
School Year 1987-88
Number Reg- Re- Separ Separ Resident
of ular source -ate -ate -ial Home/
Persons Total Class Room Class School Facility Hospital
Handicapping Condition
Learning Disabled
1,912,082 100% 17.6% 59.2% 21.7% 1.4% 0.1% 0.1%
Speech Impaired
940,886 100% 74.8% 19.7% 3.8% 1.5% 0.1% 0.1%
Mentally Retarded
593,796 100% 5.7% 24.0% 57.6% 11.4% 1.0% 0.3%
Emotionally Disturbed
374,328 100% 12.6% 32.9% 34.6% 14.3% 3.5% 2.2%
Hard of Hearing and Deaf
55,719 100% 24.4% 20.9% 35.2% 10.8% 8.6% 0.2%
Multi-handicapped
75,637 100% 6.4% 13.3% 45.9% 27.2% 4.0% 3.1%
Orthopedically Impaired
47,222 100% 27.8% 18.0% 31.8% 13.2% 1.0% 8.3%
Other Health Impaired
48,354 100% 30.6% 20.8% 18.7% 9.5% 0.8% 19.6%
Visually Handicapped
21,883 100% 37.7% 25.6% 20.8% 5.4% 10.0% 0.6%
Deaf-Blind
1,556 100% 8.9% 7.2% 35.1% 21.0% 24.2% 3.7%
All Conditions
4,071,463 100% 28.9% 40.0% 24.7% 4.9% 0.8% 0.7%
Notes: Totals include data from the 50 States, District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Educational placements for
children ages 3-5 are not reported by handicapping condition.
This table also does not include children 0-2 years served
under Chapter 1 of ESEA (SOP) and infants and toddlers 0-2
years served under Part H of EHA.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Twelfth Annual Report to
Congress on the Implementation of The Education of the
Handicapped Act (1990), Tables 1.8 and AB2.
Table 35.Number and Average Monthly Amount of Social Security Disability
Insurance Benefits Paid to Disabled Workers, and Number of Supplemental
Security Income Benefits Paid to the Blind and Disabled, by Age and Sex: 1989
** Highlights
During 1989 a total of 415,500 new awards were made to disabled workers. The
majority, 64.6 percent or 268,600 of these new additions were males, the
remaining 146,900 female. The average monthly amount of these new awards was
$562.10. Males averaged a higher monthly benefit payment than women overall,
$634.40 versus $429.90. The difference between the male and female average
monthly benefits is a related to the earnings differential and increases with
advancing years. In the under 30 group, female monthly benefits averaged
$386.30 versus $397.60 for males. In the 60-64 group female benefits were
$440.50 versus $701.40 for males.
Average monthly benefit amount for all program participants on record as of
year end 1989 was $555.80. All males averaged $616.50 and females $439.20.
Monthly benefits for those under 30 averaged $375.30. It increased for each
age group until peaking at $581.00 for the 40-49 year old cohort.
Supplemental Security Income recipients at the end of calendar year 1989
consisted of 82,765 blind and 3,071,251 disabled persons.
** Explanatory Notes
Data for this table come from the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) administrative records. The SSI
program consists of three eligibility categories -- aged, blind, and disabled
- - the latter two of which pertain to figures in this table, including all
blind or disabled recipients 65 years of age and over.
To be eligible under SSI's blind category, an individual must have a central
visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with use of correcting
lenses, or with tunnel vision of 20 degrees or less. Eligibility for
disability benefits under either SSDI or SSI requires inability to engage in
any substantial gainful activity (SGA) by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period
not less than 12 months. The impairment must be of a degree of severity that
renders the individual unable to engage in any kind of substantial gainful
work that exists in the national economy, regardless whether such work exists
in the immediate area in which he or she lives, or if a specific job vacancy
exists for that person, of if he or she would be hired upon application for
the work.
SSDI beneficiaries are converted to old age benefits upon reaching age 65; so
eligibility is effectively limited to disabled workers under the age of 65.
SSDI eligibility is not affected by income from savings, pensions, private
insurance or other forms of non-work income. Generally, SSDI benefits can
continue during a trial and adjustment period of paid employment up to 12
months. SSDI eligibility and amounts are based on previous employment and
directly reflect the disparity in earnings between males and females and
younger versus older workers.
SSI eligibility is limited to low income persons, and benefits fall as income
rises. Eligible blind and disabled SSI recipients include children under 18
years of age and the elderly 65 and over. For a child under age 18, the
disability must be of comparable severity to that of an adult.
This tables does not include data on survivors and dependents of SSDI
beneficiaries who, themselves, may have a disability, nor does it include
disabled dependents or disabled survivors of retired workers. For example,
in 1989 under current payment status, there were 590,360 disabled children 18
years and older of either retired or SSDI beneficiaries and 102,650 disabled
widows or widowers.
Table 35. Number and Average Amount of Social Security Disability
Insurance Benefits Paid to Disabled Workers, and Number of Supplemental
Security Income Benefits Paid to the Blind and Disabled, by Age and Sex: 1989
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
New Awards to Disabled Workers During 1989
Recipients Average Monthly Amount
Age Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total 415,500 268,600 146,900 $562.10 $634.40 $429.90
Children
Under 18 -- -- -- -- -- --
18-21 -- -- -- -- -- --
Adults
Under 30 35,000 23,500 11,500 387.90 397.60 386.30
30-39 64,800 43,000 21,800 500.60 527.15 448.30
40-49 85,600 52,800 32,800 571.20 650.90 442.80
50-59 145,000 93,500 51,500 597.24 693.91 421.76
60-64 (1) 85,100 55,800 29,300 611.60 701.40 440.50
65-69 -- -- -- -- -- --
70-74 -- -- -- -- -- --
75-79 -- -- -- -- -- --
80 and older -- -- -- -- -- --
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Benefits in Current-Payment Status (disabled workers) December 1989
Recipients Average Monthly Amount
Age Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total 2,886,590 1,898,800 987,790 $555.80 $616.50 $439.20
Children
Under 18 -- -- -- -- -- --
18-21 -- -- -- -- -- --
Adults
Under 30 125,180 86,640 38,540 375.06 386.49 349.27
30-39 413,330 279,060 134,270 506.02 528.42 459.56
40-49 573,840 377,890 195,950 580.85 631.84 483.08
50-59 942,310 611,280 331,030 569.82 645.59 429.91
60-64 (1) 831,930 543,930 288,000 574.50 654.90 422.60
65-69 -- -- -- -- -- --
70-74 -- -- -- -- -- --
75-79 -- -- -- -- -- --
80 and older -- -- -- -- -- --
Supplemental Security Income Recipients December 1989
Blind (2) Disabled (3)
Total 82,765 3,071,251
Children
Under 18 6,700 258,107
18-21 1,210 30,281
Adults
Under 30 13,399 484,218
30-39 12,201 478,652
40-49 9,057 411,864
50-59 10,779 509,264
60-64 (1) 7,261 331,161
65-69 6,587 250,458
70-74 4,940 166,972
75-79 4,267 125,229
80 and older 6,438 25,046
-- Category not applicable.
1 Includes a small number of new Social Security Disability
Insurance beneficiaries with awards processed after attainment of age
65. New awards to disabled workers include awards to persons age
65 or older at award but whose first month of entitlement
preceded the attainment of age 65. These awards are converted to old
age benefits when assigned to current payment status.
2 Average monthly benefit, including state supplementation, was
$319.76. The number of blind persons includes approximately 22,200
persons aged 65 or older.
3 Average monthly benefit, including state supplementation, was
$308.94. The number of disabled persons includes approximately
565,000 persons aged 65 or older.
Source: Social Security Administration, Social Security Bulletin,
Annual Statistical Supplement, 1990, Tables 5.A1, 6.A4 and 9.E3.
Table 36.Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Current Benefits:
Number and Percentage Distribution of Disabled Workers, by Diagnostic Group
and Sex, at End of 1989
** Highlights
Diagnoses were available for 94.9 percent of disabled workers receiving
benefits. The condition most frequently diagnosed as the main cause among
all disabled workers was mental disorders which involved 22.7 percent of
beneficiaries.
At 18.9 percent, diseases of the musculoskeletal system were second, followed
by diseases of the circulatory system (18.2 percent), and nervous system and
sense organ diseases (10.9 percent).
The relative rankings of diagnoses for each sex remained fairly consistent
with the total population, except that men had a higher rate of circulatory
conditions than women (20.3 versus 14.2 percent). Conversely, Women has a
higher rate of musculoskeletal system disease (primarily arthritis) than men
(21.4 versus 17.5 percent).
Among these four conditions, the prevalence of mental disorders and diseases
of the nervous system and sense organs declined with age; for musculoskeletal
and circulatory conditions, the prevalence increased with age of the
beneficiary (data not shown).
** Explanatory Notes
Data for this table come from Social Security Administration SSDI records.
For a detailed description of the SSDI program, see Table 35.
Diagnostic information is collected as part of the disability determination
process, which identifies the principal medical cause ofthe individual's
disabling condition.
Table 36. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Current Pay
Benefits: Number and Percentage Distribution of Disabled Workers by
Diagnostic Group and Sex, at end of 1989
Number Percentage Distribution
Diagnostic group Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total
2,873,300 1,876,800 996,500
Diagnosis available
2,725,900 1,780,900 945,000 100.0 100.0 100.0
Infectious and parasitic diseases
38,000 29,500 8,500 1.4 1.7 .9
Neoplasms (cancer)
91,300 50,100 41,200 3.3 2.8 4.4
Endocrine, Nutritional, and metabolic diseases
96,500 47,700 48,800 3.5 2.7 5.2
Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs
7,000 4,300 2,700 .3 .2 .3
Mental disorders (other than mental retardation)
617,900 399,500 218,400 22.7 22.4 23.1
Mental retardation
136,000 96,300 39,700 5.0 5.4 4.2
Diseases of
Nervous system and sense organs
298,000 178,700 119,300 10.9 10.0 12.6
Circulatory system
495,800 361,600 134,200 18.2 20.3 14.2
Respiratory system
123,700 78,300 45,400 4.5 4.4 4.8
Digestive system
42,800 27,800 15,000 1.6 1.6 1.6
Genitourinary system
37,800 23,200 14,600 1.4 1.3 1.5
Skin and subcutaneous tissue
8,800 4,300 4,500 .3 .2 .5
Musculoskeletal system
514,600 312,500 202,100 18.9 17.5 21.4
Congenital anomalies
21,200 13,400 7,800 .8 .8 .8
Injuries
179,000 143,400 35,600 6.6 8.1 3.8
Other
17,500 10,300 7,200 .6 .6 .8
Source: Social Security Administration, Social Security
Bulletin, Annual Statistical Supplement, 1990, Table 5.D5.
Table 37.Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Number and Percentage
Distribution of Blind and Disabled Persons Under Age 65 Receiving Federally
Administrated Payments, by Diagnostic Group, December 1989
** Highlights
As the main cause, approximately half of all SSI blind and disabled
recipients under age 65 had a diagnosis of either mental retardation (26.9
percent) or mental disorders other than mental retardation (25.6 percent).
Another 12.2 percent had nervous system and sense organ diseases, and 7.6
percent circulatory diseases.
Nervous system and sense organ disease, which by definition includes visual
impairment, is the most frequently diagnosed condition of blind recipients,
at 79 percent. None of the other diagnoses among the blind category is found
in greater than 10 percent of the blind recipients.
Almost half, 42 percent of the blind and disabled children are diagnosed as
being mentally retarded. Another 25.7 percent have diseases of the nervous
system and sense organs and 9.1 percent have congenital anomalies.
** Explanatory Notes
Data for this table come from Social Security Administration records on SSI
beneficiaries. For a detailed description of the SSI program, see Table 35.
The recipient population in this table excludes 254,000 SSI recipients who
were transferred from the prior State programs of Aid to the Blind and Aid to
the Permanently and Totally Disabled for whom no diagnosis was available.
The Social Security Administration also did not include the 22,000 blind and
565,000 disabled SSI recipients who were 65 years of age and over in its
diagnostic figures. See Table 35 for counts of SSI blind and disabled
beneficiaries 65 years of age and over.
Diagnostic information is collected as part of the SSI disability
determination process, which identifies the principal medical cause of the
individual's disabling condition.
Table 37. Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Number and Percentage
Distribution of Blind an Disabled Persons Under Age 65 Receiving
Federally Administrated Payments, By Diagnostic Group, December 1989
(Based on 1-Percent Sample)
Number Percentage distribution
Adults Blind & Adults Blind &
Disabled Disabled
Total Blind Disabled Children Total Blind Disabled Children
Diagnostic group
Total
2,283,200(1) 39,900 1,944,100 299,200 -- -- -- --
Diagnosis available
1,779,300 32,400 1,484,600 262,300 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Infectious and parasitic diseases
21,100 200 20,000 900 1.2 .6 1.3 .3
Neoplasms
31,600 100 24,900 6,600 1.8 .3 1.7 2.5
Endocrine ,nutritional and metabolic diseases
73,000 2,500 67,200 3,300 4.1 7.7 4.5 1.3
Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs
13,200 (2) 7,600 5,600 .7 -- .5 2.1
Mental disorders (other than mental retardation)
454,800 200 438,000 16,600 25.6 .6 29.5 6.3
Mental retardation
478,100 1,000 366,900 110,200 26.9 3.1 24.7 42.0
Diseases of
Nervous system and sense organs
217,000 25,600 124,100 67,300 12.2 79.0 8.4 25.7
Circulatory system
136,000 400 132,700 2,900 7.6 1.2 8.9 1.1
Respiratory system
5,500 100 46,800 4,600 2.9 .3 3.2 1.8
Digestive system
19,100 (2) 17,600 1,500 1.1 -- 1.2 .6
Genitourinary system
17,900 (2) 17,200 700 1.0 -- 1.2 .3
Skin and subcutaneous tissue
3,400 (2) (2) (2) -- -- -- ---
Musculoskeletal system
133,200 100 129,100 4,000 7.5 .3 8.7 1.5
Congenitalanomalies
40,600 1,400 15,300 23,900 2.3 4.3 1.0 9.1
Injuries
56,000 500 53,400 2,100 3.1 1.5 3.6 .8
Other
32,800 100 20,700 12,000 1.8 .3 1.4 4.6
1 Excludes 254,000 SSI recipients who were transferred from the
prior State programs of Aid to the Blind and Aid to the Permanently
and Totally Disabled. Diagnoses are for the most part not available
for these recipients.
2 Detailed data not shown where total is fewer than 5,000
recipients.
Source: Social Security Administration, Social Security
Bulletin, Annual Statistical Supplement, 1990, Table 9.F1
Table 38.State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies: Number and Percent of
Persons Rehabilitated, by Major Disability and Occupation Group, National
Totals, FY 1988
** Highlights
During federal fiscal year 1988, 217,138 persons with a disability were
rehabilitated into paid employment or independent living. The majority,
148,864 or 68.6 percent, were classified as having a severe disability, while
68,274 or 31.4 percent had a non-severe one.
Within the total rehabilitated population, those with orthopedic impairments
comprised the highest percentage (20.9 percent), followed by mental illness
(16.5 percent), and mental retardation (13.4 percent). The least frequently
occurring conditions among those rehabilitated were respiratory conditions
(0.4 percent), genito-urinary conditions (1.5 percent), and digestive
disorders (1.8 percent).
Within the severe disability category, over 23 percent of rehabilitated
persons had an orthopedic impairment, followed by mental illness (16.0
percent), and mental retardation (15.7 percent). Respiratory conditions were
the least prevalent (0.4 percent) among rehabilitated persons with a severe
disability.
Within the non-severe category of rehabilitated persons, mental illness was
the most prevalent condition at 17.4 percent, followed by substance abuse
(16.3 percent), and orthopedic impairments (15.2 percent). Respiratory
conditions, at 0.6 percent, were the least prevalent rehabilitated persons
with a non-severe disability.
Table 38. Number and Percent of Persons Rehabilitated, by Major
Disability and Severity Status, National Totals, FY 1988
Severity Status
Major Disability Total Severe Non-severe
Total Number 217,138 148,864 68,274
Percent 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Visual Impairments 8.8 10.1 5.8
Hearing Impairments 9.1 9.9 7.3
Orthopedic Impairments 20.9 23.5 15.2
Absence of Limbs 1.9 1.9 2.0
Mental Illness 16.5 16.0 17.4
Substance Abuse 10.5 7.9 16.3
Mental Retardation 13.4 15.7 8.4
Respiratory Conditions .4 .4 .6
Digestive Disorders 1.8 .8 4.1
Heart/Circulatory 2.4 2.3 2.5
Genito-Urinary 1.5 .8 3.1
Learning Disabilities 4.9 3.7 7.5
All Other Disabilities 7.9 7.0 9.7
Table 39. State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies: Number and Percent of
Persons Rehabilitated, by Severity Status and Occupation Group, National
Totals, FY 1988
** Highlights
For federal fiscal year 1988, occupational placement information was
available for 213,949 rehabilitated persons. The occupations with the
highest placement rates were the industrial category, at 27.8 percent,
followed by services (22.9 percent), clerical (14.6 percent), and
professional occupations (13.3 percent). The smallest percentage of those
rehabilitated were placed in the agricultural sector (2.4 percent).
The rank ordering of occupational placements for rehabilitated workers with a
disability is the same for the severe and non-severe disabilities. The
largest percentage of placements were in the industrial category, followed by
services, clerical, and professional categories. The placement rate for the
homemaker category was over twice as high in the severe as the non-severe
disability category.
** Explanatory Notes
The information in these tables was reported to the Rehabilitative Services
Administration by state vocational rehabilitation agencies during the 1988
fiscal year (10/1/87-9/30/88). All persons receiving state vocational
rehabilitation services, as reported in this table, are considered to have a
disability. Persons with a severe disability are, in general terms, defined
as those (a) having stated types of major disabling conditions such as
blindness, deafness and orthopedic impairments involving three or more limbs;
or (b) having disabilities as qualified in some instances such as hearing
impairments with a certain degree of decibel loss; or (c) being so impaired
that they were receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits or
Supplemental Security Income payments at some time while undergoing
rehabilitation services; or (d) having a documented loss of functioning such
as the inability to perform sustained work activity for six hours or more and
requiring multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period
of time (Department of Education definition). Those with a severe disability
were also frequently placed into sheltered workshops or unpaid family work
neither of which is considered a traditional occupation.
Table 39. Number and Percent of Persons Rehabilitated, by
Occupation Group and Severity Status, National Totals, FY 1988
Severity Status
Placement Occupation Total Severe Non-severe
Total Number 213,949 147,044 66,905
Percent 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Professional 13.3 12.4 15.1
Clerical 14.6 14.2 15.4
Sales 5.1 4.8 5.5
Services 22.9 22.5 23.9
Agriculture 2.4 2.3 2.6
Industrial 27.8 25.9 31.9
Homemaker 8.7 10.7 4.3
All Other 5.3 7.2 1.2
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation
Services Administration, RSA-IM-91-04, Tables 9 and 44.
Note: Persons rehabilitated were among a total of
approximately 700,000 persons receiving state VR services.
Table 40. Disabled Veterans by Age and Period of Service: September 1989
** Highlights
As of September 1989, there were 2,775,616 disabled veterans receiving
Disability Compensation or a Disability Pension from the Department of
Veterans Affairs. Almost 80 percent (2,191,549) were service connected
disabilities (entitling the persons to Disability Compensation), while
584,037 had non-service connected disabilities (entitling the persons to a
Disability Pension).
Nearly half (1,351,928) of all disabled veterans were from World War II,
followed by the Vietnam era (672,631), peacetime service connected (420,679),
the Korean conflict (306,100), and World War I and earlier (24,248).
Fifty-four percent of disabled veterans are under the age of 65; although
nearly three-quarters are 50 years of age and over and primarily World War II
veterans.
Within the under 65 age group, 86.9 percent had service connected
disabilities, compared to 69.6 percent in the 65 and over age cohort.
Approximately two-thirds of non-service connected disability (Disability
Pension) is among persons 65 years of age and over, the age where eligibility
requirements are less stringent than for veterans under age 65 with a non-
service connected disability.
** Explanatory Notes
The data in this table was complied from statistics of the Department of
Veterans Affairs. A veteran is entitled to compensation for disability
incurred or aggravated while on active duty. The amount of compensation is
based on the degree of disability. Also, veterans who served in time of war
are eligible for pension benefits for non-service connected disabilities.
For a non-service connected disability, the veteran must either be
permanently and totally disabled, or be age 65 or older and meet specific
income limitations.
Table 40. Disabled Veterans by Age and Period of Service: September 1989
********** Under 65 Years of Age **********
Period of Service and
Origin of Disability Total Total Under 30 30-39 40-49 50-64
Total 2,775,616 1,497,025 53,614 219,996 456,187 767,228
Service connected 2,191,549 1,301,221 53,614 211,753 436,092 599,762
Non-service connected 584,037 195,804 -- 8,243 20,095 167,466
World War I and earlier 24,248 -- -- -- -- --
Service connected 4,633 -- -- -- -- --
Non-service connected 19,615 -- -- -- -- --
World War II 1,351,928 205,627 -- -- -- 205,627
Service connected 911,791 130,914 -- -- -- 130,914
Non-service connected 440,137 74,713 -- -- -- 74,713
Korean conflict 306,100 270,176 -- -- -- 270,176
Service connected 211,804 179,032 -- -- -- 179,032
Non-service connected 94,296 91,144 -- -- -- 91,144
Vietnam era 672,631 637,122 -- 117,613 371,489 148,020
Service connected 642,642 607,175 -- 109,370 351,394 146,411
Non-service connected 29,989 29,947 -- 8,243 20,095 1,609
Peacetime 420,679 384,100 53,614 102,383 84,698 143,405
(service connected)
********** 65 Years and Over **********
Total 65-74 75-84 85 and Over
Total 1,278,591 991,503 246,022 41,066
Service connected 890,328 726,642 151,835 11,851
Non-service connected 388,233 264,861 94,185 29,187
World War I and earlier 24,248 -- 10 24,238
Service connected 4,633 -- -- 4,633
Non-service connected 19,615 -- 10 19,605
World War II 1,146,301 901,305 230,197 14,799
Service connected 780,877 639,291 136,327 5,259
Non-service connected 365,424 262,014 93,870 9,540
Korean conflict 35,924 29,752 5,591 581
Service connected 32,772 26,936 5,291 545
Non-service connected 3,152 2,816 300 36
Vietnam era 35,509 32,480 2,925 104
Service connected 35,467 32,449 2,920 98
Non-service connected 42 31 11 --
Peacetime 36,579 27,966 7,297 1,316
(service connected)
-- Category not applicable; age group did not serve during that period.
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, Annual Report of the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, (1989), Table 49.
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