Table AA7
Number of Children Served Under IDEA, Part B
By Disability and Age,
2003
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	1,969	3,484	8,707	27,931	74,331	139,963	203,191
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS	57,699	107,676	165,948	222,063	214,960	190,224	155,292
MENTAL RETARDATION	4,453	6,505	11,405	16,115	21,982	29,728	36,681
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE	819	1,539	3,455	7,269	12,914	19,495	27,003
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES	1,962	2,446	4,049	7,139	7,199	8,433	9,833
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	1,972	2,446	3,056	4,175	4,821	5,344	5,890
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS	2,412	2,955	3,673	5,097	5,101	5,630	5,750
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS	3,332	4,295	7,190	15,321	21,338	29,951	38,257
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS	899	1,080	1,282	1,578	1,780	1,995	2,085
AUTISM	5,029	7,221	10,501	14,001	14,045	14,793	14,840
DEAF-BLINDNESS	81	76	94	106	105	106	121
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY	198	301	448	659	941	1,225	1,518
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY	68,726	114,808	55,951	29,216	22,492	11,948	2,611
ALL DISABILITIES	149,551	254,832	275,759	350,670	402,009	458,835	503,072
-------------------- 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, 2003 count, updated as of July 31, 2004. 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,
2003
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	247,732	277,947	305,352	319,612	314,660	301,281	274,516
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS	114,584	77,307	51,570	36,075	23,883	16,573	12,324
MENTAL RETARDATION	42,485	47,735	51,383	54,316	55,473	55,231	52,545
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE	34,875	41,938	48,229	53,426	56,408	57,331	53,363
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES	10,180	10,736	10,709	10,741	10,298	10,534	10,155
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	6,037	6,235	6,354	6,206	6,020	5,709	5,447
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS	5,840	5,653	5,750	5,568	5,127	4,970	4,559
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS	43,381	46,257	46,507	47,023	44,440	40,505	35,521
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS	2,096	2,234	2,188	2,216	2,002	1,981	2,008
AUTISM	14,283	14,033	11,401	9,819	8,176	6,878	5,791
DEAF-BLINDNESS	119	132	136	130	129	129	124
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY	1,780	1,899	2,044	2,171	2,133	2,034	1,971
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ALL DISABILITIES	523,392	532,106	541,623	547,303	528,749	503,156	458,324
-------------------- 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, 2003 count, updated as of July 31, 2004. 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,
2003
DISABILITY	17 YEARS OLD	18 YEARS OLD	19 YEARS OLD	20 YEARS OLD	21 YEARS OLD	22+ YEARS OLD
SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES	234,073	116,489	22,811	5,386	1,633	138
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS	9,186	4,029	814	305	71	12
MENTAL RETARDATION	48,354	34,973	17,710	11,759	6,193	2,188
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE	43,746	19,842	5,643	2,132	865	109
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES	9,237	6,852	4,815	3,812	1,972	504
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	5,176	2,935	1,068	465	166	34
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS	4,237	2,601	1,154	747	450	139
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS	28,251	11,713	2,743	920	314	30
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS	1,810	1,033	448	292	133	17
AUTISM	4,934	3,511	2,144	1,594	779	272
DEAF-BLINDNESS	119	86	51	58	19	1
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY	1,989	1,224	509	286	151	11
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY	0	0	0	0	0	0
ALL DISABILITIES	391,112	205,288	59,910	27,756	12,746	3,455
-------------------- 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, 2003 count, updated as of July 31, 2004. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).