Disability Impacts All of Us Infographic

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This infographic shows healthcare access barriers for adults with disabilities. It also shows how many adults in the United States have a disability.

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Graphic shows illustration of people with various disabilities. Title reads, "Disability impacts all of us."
Disability Impacts All of Us
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Map of the U.S. with icons showing 1 in 4 people highlighted beside the 1 in 4 statistic.
More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults have some type of disability.
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Cognition - 13.9%, mobility - 12.2%, independent living - 7.7%, hearing - 6.2%, vision - 5.5%, self-care - 3.6%.
Most common disabilities include those that affect cognition, mobility, independent living, hearing, vision, and self-care.
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Table shows a higher percent of adults with a disability have various conditions, compared to those with no disability.
Adults with a disability are more likely than those with no disablity to smoke or have obesity, diabetes or heart disease.
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Graphic shows proportion of adults with disabilties that have an unmet healthcare need, ranging from 1 in 4 to 1 in 5.
Adults with disabilities have limited healthcare access.
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CDC is committed to improving the health of people with disabilites.
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Content Source:
Disability and Health; National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disability and Health Data System (DHDS) [Internet]. [updated 2024 July; cited 2024 July 15]. Available from: http://dhds.cdc.gov