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What percentage of American adults have at least some difficulty hearing, seeing, walking, remembering or with self-care?
49.7% of American adults have at least some difficulty hearing, seeing, walking, remembering or with self-care — about 50 in every 100, or 5 in 10. That is the figure published by the National Health Interview Survey for 2025.
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Where this number comes from
- Survey
- National Health Interview Survey
- What it measured
- Disability is defined by the reported level of difficulty (no difficulty, some difficulty, a lot of difficulty, or cannot do at all) in six functioning domains: seeing (even if wearing glasses), hearing (even if wearing hearing aids), mobility (walking or climbing stairs), communication (understanding or being understood by others), cognition (remembering or concentrating), and self-care (such as washing all over or dressing). Adults who responded "a lot of difficulty" or "cannot do at all" to at least one question were considered to have a disability.
- Population
- U.S. adults aged 18 and over
- Year
- 2025
- 95% confidence interval
- 48.8% to 50.5%
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