[blindkid] blind vs deaf population

[dhammelia at aol.com]

Here is the NFB # on blindness.

http://www.nfb.org/nfb/blindness_statistics.asp

So school age children 93,000 blind.

Deaf Children are approximately 1/1000 so about 300,000 in the US.

So for children the 3/1 ratio is about right.

Overall in the population it about evens out for people over 65 unless you also count those with significant hearing loss but not functionally deaf.

Dave Hammel






-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at att.net>
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Sent: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 2:05 pm
Subject: Re: [blindkid] blind vs deaf population


 
I have heard that deaf children outnumber blind children by as much as three to one, but I don't recall where I've actually seen that figure. The National Center on Low Incidence Disabilities, based in Colorado, may have the stats you're looking for. Please share whatever you find! 
 
Debbie 
 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Holloway" <rholloway at gopbc.org> 
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Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:01 AM 
Subject: [blindkid] blind vs deaf population 
 
> Does anyone have or know the best source to find statistics on the blind > and deaf population of the US. (World specs would be interesting as well.) 
> 
> I'm suspecting the NFB has some pretty accurate figured as to the numbers > of blind vs visually impaired people in at least the US, and probably deaf > and hard of hearing figures as well. The figures I am finding are not well > documented and I'd like to have some idea of how accurate these numbers > are before I use this information as I need to. 
> 
> Thanks 
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