Did anyone else...

[Bzzzz]

catch Gov.'comb over'Daniels on the news last night? He stated that 20% of Indiana's population is on Disability...does this sound high to you?

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1. I didn't see him and it does sound high

Maybe there is a decimal in there somewhere? :shrug:

[LostInAnomie]

2. I don't know, we were the fattest state in the nation a few years ago.

Maybe our chubbiness has something to do with it.

[Bzzzz]

3. And...

wasn't that embarrassing. I'm not sure, but I think Indiana still ranks pretty high in that obesity category.

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4. I found a site that put it at 19.5% nationwide

"1.1. How many people have a disability?

An estimated 19.4% of noninstitutionalized civilians in the United States, totaling 48.9 million people, have a disability. Almost half of these people (an estimated 24.1 million people ) can be considered to have a severe disability."

http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/disability/1_1.php

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5. "An estimated 4.0% (9.2 million) ...

of the noninstitutionalized population age 5 and over in the United States need personal assistance with one or more activities."

http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/disability/1_3.php

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6. 5.1. How many people are considered to be work disabled? 10%

"The number of noninstitutionalized people in the United States with a work disability is estimated to be 16.9 million, which represents 10.1% of the working age population (16 to 64 years old)."


http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/disability/5_1.php




So the 20% figure would include children and retirees.

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7. There is another chart that puts Indiana at 7.5%

RE: Prevalence of Disability Among Working-age People


http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/workdisability/1_5.php

[hippiechick]

8. I may be wrong, but HAVING a disability and being ON "disability"

... are 2 different things.

I still think Mitch's number was considerably high, though.

[BiggJawn]

9. Yeah, "Bad Backs" are popular here in Indiana

Knew of a guy who was "On Disability" for his bad back, could not work, but he sure could knock-up his ol' lady every year. Had something like 8 kids...

Know 2 guys who got doctor's statements for waiver of the Morse test for their Ham Radio licenses, because their "Bad Backs" precluded them sitting in a chair for the 5 minutes it took to complete a test...But they'd play computer games for HOURS at work....