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When did your disability begin?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Since birth   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Ages 0-19 yrs   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Ages 20-39 yrs   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Ages 40-55 yrs   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Ages 56 and older   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	544	16   3.1  ( 1.8- 5.4)	67  16.6  (12.9-21.1)	137  27.3  (22.9-32.3)	166  29.8  (25.7-34.3)	158  23.1  (19.6-27.0)
GENDER
Male	214	7   2.6  ( 1.2- 5.8)	31  19.1  (13.5-26.4)	63  31.4  (24.2-39.5)	56  25.3  (19.6-32.1)	57  21.6  (16.5-27.7)
Female	330	9   3.6  ( 1.8- 7.4)	36  14.1  ( 9.8-19.9)	74  23.4  (18.6-29.0)	110  34.3  (28.7-40.2)	101  24.6  (20.2-29.7)
RACE
White	401	13   3.3  ( 1.8- 6.0)	47  16.7  (12.4-22.0)	99  26.5  (21.3-32.3)	116  29.0  (24.2-34.2)	126  24.6  (20.4-29.2)
African American	127	3   2.9  ( 0.8- 9.8)	16  15.5  ( 8.8-25.7)	34  30.4  (21.8-40.8)	44  31.9  (23.6-41.4)	30  19.3  (13.2-27.4)
AGE
18-24	16	2   9.4  ( 2.2-31.7)	12  78.5  (52.7-92.3)	2  12.1  ( 2.8-39.7)
25-34	30		13  41.8  (21.0-66.0)	17  58.2  (34.0-79.0)
35-44	87	5   5.6  ( 2.2-13.4)	17  23.7  (14.2-36.8)	55  60.6  (48.1-71.7)	10  10.2  ( 5.3-18.7)
45-54	115	5   2.8  ( 1.0- 7.6)	13  13.8  ( 7.9-23.0)	33  26.1  (18.6-35.3)	63  56.4  (46.4-65.9)	1   0.9  ( 0.1- 6.0)
55-64	109	2   2.9  ( 0.6-13.1)	5   3.9  ( 1.5- 9.8)	18  18.0  (11.3-27.3)	58  52.5  (42.2-62.6)	26  22.7  (15.1-32.5)
65+	186	2   1.8  ( 0.4- 7.2)	7   4.2  ( 1.9- 8.9)	12   7.0  ( 3.8-12.5)	35  21.9  (15.8-29.5)	130  65.1  (57.0-72.4)
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	170	6   4.4  ( 1.9- 9.9)	20  18.1  (11.6-27.1)	26  15.3  (10.2-22.2)	56  32.0  (24.9-40.1)	62  30.2  (23.5-38.0)
H.S. or G.E.D.	166	5   3.2  ( 1.2- 8.7)	18  13.5  ( 8.3-21.3)	45  28.3  (21.3-36.7)	57  34.9  (27.3-43.3)	41  20.1  (14.5-27.1)
Some Post-H.S.	116	3   2.1  ( 0.7- 6.6)	19  23.8  (15.0-35.7)	35  33.0  (23.9-43.5)	33  25.8  (18.1-35.4)	26  15.2  (10.0-22.3)
College Graduate	89	2   2.2  ( 0.5- 9.9)	10  10.2  ( 5.2-19.0)	30  38.8  (25.2-54.6)	18  20.9  (12.5-32.9)	29  27.7  (18.4-39.5)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	135	2   2.9  ( 0.7-11.7)	11  15.3  ( 8.1-27.0)	36  26.0  (18.6-35.1)	38  26.6  (19.1-35.9)	48  29.1  (21.8-37.8)
$15,000- 24,999	134	5   4.0  ( 1.5-10.1)	17  16.0  ( 9.7-25.1)	27  22.5  (15.3-31.9)	50  36.9  (28.5-46.3)	35  20.7  (14.6-28.3)
$25,000- 34,999	68	4   5.6  ( 1.9-15.2)	7  15.7  ( 7.3-30.5)	16  23.7  (14.5-36.3)	18  24.7  (15.4-37.1)	23  30.4  (19.9-43.3)
$35,000- 49,999	54	1   1.1  ( 0.1- 7.3)	9  20.1  ( 9.4-38.1)	17  39.6  (22.6-59.7)	15  24.2  (13.7-39.2)	12  15.0  ( 7.5-27.6)
$50,000+	69	3   3.3  ( 0.9-11.1)	10  15.5  ( 8.1-27.7)	26  35.9  (24.9-48.6)	20  33.2  (22.3-46.3)	10  12.1  ( 6.3-21.9)

*Asked to respondents who consider themselves to have a disability. (See question 3a. in the disability module.) The second and third response categories are combined for data presentation here. See the 2000 questionnaire.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.