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ADA CHARGE DATA by IMPAIRMENTS/BASES - MERIT FACTOR RESOLUTIONS

July 26, 1992 - September 30, 1996

IMPAIRMENT BASIS* FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
  # % # % # % # % # %
ALCOHOLISM 0 0.0% 20 1.8% 38 1.7% 49 2.0% 41 1.6%
ALLERGIES 1 5.3% 9 0.8% 18 0.8% 20 0.8% 15 0.6%
ALZHEIMERS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
ANXIETY DISORDER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 12 0.5% 35 1.4% 60 2.4%
ASTHMA 0 0.0% 32 2.9% 42 1.9% 44 1.8% 34 1.4%
AUTISM 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BRAIN-HEAD IMPAIRMENT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 0.1% 19 0.8% 15 0.6%
BRAIN-HEAD INJURY - TRAUMATIC 0 0.0% 9 0.8% 18 0.8% 16 0.6% 17 0.7%
CANCER 1 5.3% 31 2.8% 63 2.8% 73 2.9% 73 2.9%
CEREBRAL PALSY 0 0.0% 20 1.8% 10 0.5% 12 0.5% 14 0.6%
  FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 8 0.3% 15 0.6%
CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7 0.3% 30 1.2% 0 0.0%
CYSTIC FIBROSIS 0 0.0% 2 0.2% 0 0.0% 2 0.1% 0 0.0%
DEPRESSION 0 0.0% 1 0.1% 34 1.5% 109 4.3% 104 4.1%
DIABETES 0 0.0% 49 4.4% 0 0.0% 103 4.1% 98 3.9%
DISFIGUREMENT 0 0.0% 5 0.4% 10 0.5% 6 0.2% 5 0.2%
DRUG ADDICTION 0 0.0% 16 1.4% 30 1.4% 23 0.9% 28 1.1%
DWARFISM 0 0.0% 1 0.1% 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0.1%
EPILEPSY 0 0.0% 42 3.8% 99 4.5% 59 2.4% 52 2.1%
GASTROINTESTINAL IMPAIRMENTS 0 0.0% 5 0.4% 23 1.0% 14 0.6% 22 0.9%
HEARING IMPAIRMENT 0 0.0% 37 3.3% 69 3.1% 98 3.9% 98 3.9%
  FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
HEART CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENTS 0 0.0% 63 5.6% 99 4.5% 100 4.0% 91 3.6%
HIV 2 10.5% 48 4.3% 77 3.5% 93 3.7% 63 2.5%
KIDNEY IMPAIRMENT 0 0.0% 10 0.9% 22 1.0% 15 0.6% 13 0.5%
LEARNING DISABILITIES 1 5.3% 20 1.8% 17 0.8% 31 1.2% 39 1.6%
MANIC DEPRESSIVE DISORDER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 14 0.6% 27 1.1% 30 1.2%
MENTAL RETARDATION 0 0.0% 5 0.4% 15 0.7% 16 0.6% 11 0.4%
MISSING DIGITS OR LIMBS 0 0.0% 23 2.1% 29 1.3% 37 1.5% 35 1.4%
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 0 0.0% 11 1.0% 31 1.4% 26 1.0% 36 1.4%
NON-PARALYTIC ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENT 0 0.0% 30 2.7% 94 4.2% 199 7.9% 226 9.0%
ORTHOPEDIC AND STRUCTURAL IMPAIRMENTS of the BACK 0 0.0% 203 18.1% 427 19.2% 457 18.2% 436 17.4%
OTHER BLOOD DISORDERS 0 0.0% 14 1.3% 20 0.9% 25 1.0% 19 0.8%
  FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
OTHER DISABILITY 5 26.3% 274 24.5% 570 25.7% 488 19.5% 500 19.9%
OTHER NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS 0 0.0% 33 2.9% 73 3.3% 93 3.7% 61 2.4%
OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS 0 0.0% 86 7.7% 150 6.8% 99 3.9% 71 2.8%
OTHER RESPIRATORY - PULMONARY DISORDERS 1 5.3% 14 1.3% 18 0.8% 18 0.7% 21 0.8%
PARALYSIS 3 15.8% 30 2.7% 44 2.0% 40 1.6% 21 0.8%
RECORD OF DISABILITY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 11 0.5% 57 2.3% 63 2.5%
REGARDED AS DISABLED 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 61 2.7% 130 5.2% 211 8.4%
RELATIONSHIP-ASSOCIATION 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0.1% 14 0.6% 21 0.8%
SCHIZOPHRENIA 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 0.2% 6 0.2%
SPEECH IMPAIRMENT 1 5.3% 11 1.0% 12 0.5% 12 0.5% 10 0.4%
TUBERCULOSIS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 4 0.2% 5 0.2%
VISION IMPAIRMENT 0 0.0% 54 4.8% 74 3.3% 76 3.0% 78 3.1%
TOTAL 19 100.0% 1,119 100.0% 2,219 100.0% 2,507 100.0% 2,512 100.0%

*Merit factor resolutions include settlements, withdrawals with benefits, successful conciliations and unsuccessful conciliations.

**Charges may be filed alleging multiple impairments or bases.

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