Table AA7
Number of Children Served Under IDEA, Part B
By Disability and Age,
During the 2001-02 School Year
DISABILITY	3 YEARS OLD	4 YEARS OLD	5 YEARS OLD	6 YEARS OLD	7 YEARS OLD	8 YEARS OLD	9 YEARS OLD
SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES	2,019	3,910	9,488	29,190	78,146	144,258	214,716
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS	52,316	101,792	159,426	213,740	212,070	188,343	153,575
MENTAL RETARDATION	4,858	7,076	12,086	17,928	25,955	34,445	42,471
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE	932	1,949	4,138	7,651	14,369	22,440	30,570
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES	1,922	2,842	4,893	7,522	7,750	9,142	10,134
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	1,817	2,453	3,205	4,166	4,851	5,517	5,905
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS	2,595	3,338	4,168	5,446	5,839	6,180	6,393
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS	2,840	4,229	6,886	12,361	17,626	24,694	30,957
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS	884	1,074	1,273	1,550	1,808	2,026	2,234
AUTISM	3,555	5,395	8,102	10,813	11,121	11,379	11,641
DEAF-BLINDNESS	70	73	74	93	109	106	121
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY	213	307	461	663	881	1,209	1,453
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY	61,753	87,633	48,137	21,204	14,190	7,749	1,985
ALL DISABILITIES	135,774	222,071	262,337	332,327	394,715	457,488	512,155
-------------------- Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences. Developmental delay is applicable only to children 3 through 9. Data based on the December 1, 2001 count, updated as of August 30, 2002. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

Table AA7
Number of Children Served Under IDEA, Part B
By Disability and Age,
During the 2001-02 School Year
DISABILITY	10 YEARS OLD	11 YEARS OLD	12 YEARS OLD	13 YEARS OLD	14 YEARS OLD	15 YEARS OLD	16 YEARS OLD
SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES	271,559	309,432	322,436	318,099	303,859	285,552	258,870
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS	112,556	75,340	47,369	31,584	20,789	14,574	10,847
MENTAL RETARDATION	48,205	52,058	54,540	54,890	54,958	54,603	51,353
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE	37,992	43,776	47,925	50,685	52,663	54,620	50,673
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES	10,486	10,786	10,134	10,193	9,469	9,356	9,186
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	6,164	6,434	6,095	5,985	5,801	5,500	5,303
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS	6,680	6,403	6,107	5,846	5,476	5,245	5,007
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS	34,174	36,253	34,624	32,918	31,197	28,539	25,092
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS	2,204	2,260	2,058	1,948	2,046	2,003	1,906
AUTISM	9,974	8,748	6,631	5,738	4,916	4,336	3,882
DEAF-BLINDNESS	115	119	131	115	103	111	133
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY	1,694	1,830	1,881	1,820	1,820	1,735	1,862
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ALL DISABILITIES	541,803	553,439	539,931	519,821	493,097	466,174	424,114
-------------------- Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences. Developmental delay is applicable only to children 3 through 9. Data based on the December 1, 2001 count, updated as of August 30, 2002. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

Table AA7
Number of Children Served Under IDEA, Part B
By Disability and Age,
During the 2001-02 School Year
DISABILITY	17 YEARS OLD	18 YEARS OLD	19 YEARS OLD	20 YEARS OLD	21 YEARS OLD	22 YEARS OLD
SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES	212,959	110,509	21,011	4,962	1,557	101
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS	7,747	3,706	812	247	282	14
MENTAL RETARDATION	45,746	33,687	17,534	11,042	5,852	2,024
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE	38,863	17,469	5,138	2,027	766	108
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES	8,187	6,136	4,548	3,589	1,934	471
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	4,797	2,985	1,084	438	197	34
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS	4,229	2,674	1,218	674	404	123
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS	19,384	7,944	1,942	695	258	14
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS	1,818	1,157	454	254	119	19
AUTISM	3,090	2,403	1,530	1,119	583	264
DEAF-BLINDNESS	100	101	70	54	34	69
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY	1,829	1,174	486	267	139	5
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY	.	.	.	.	.	.
ALL DISABILITIES	348,749	189,945	55,827	25,368	12,125	3,246
-------------------- Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences. Developmental delay is applicable only to children 3 through 9. Data based on the December 1, 2001 count, updated as of August 30, 2002. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).