Prevalence of mental retardation and developmental disabilities: estimates from the 1994/1995 National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplements

By: Larson, Sheryl A.
Contributor(s): Lakin, K. Charlie (et al).
Series: American Journal on Mental Retardation 106 (3) 2001: 231-252.Publisher: 2001Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | PREVALENCE | UNITED STATES OF AMERICASummary: In the United States in 1994 and 1995, the National Health Interview Survey included a Disability Supplement (NHIS-D) to collect extensive information about disabilities among individuals sampled as part of annual census-based household interview surveys. Here the authors describe the development and application of operational definitions of intellectual disability and developmental disabilities to items in the NHIS-D to estimate prevalence. In their analyses, the authors estimate the prevalence of intellectual disability in the non-institutionalised population of the United States to be 7.8 people per thousand (.78%); of developmental disabilities, 11.3 people per thousand (1.13%); and the combined prevalence of intellectual disability and/or developmental disabilities to be 14.9 per thousand (1.49%). [AJ].
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In the United States in 1994 and 1995, the National Health Interview Survey included a Disability Supplement (NHIS-D) to collect extensive information about disabilities among individuals sampled as part of annual census-based household interview surveys. Here the authors describe the development and application of operational definitions of intellectual disability and developmental disabilities to items in the NHIS-D to estimate prevalence. In their analyses, the authors estimate the prevalence of intellectual disability in the non-institutionalised population of the United States to be 7.8 people per thousand (.78%); of developmental disabilities, 11.3 people per thousand (1.13%); and the combined prevalence of intellectual disability and/or developmental disabilities to be 14.9 per thousand (1.49%). [AJ].

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