WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
REHABILITATION AWARENESS
Profile America — Thursday, September 24th. We are partway through National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, which runs from September 20 to 26. One of goals of the annual event is to salute the determination of the nation's 56.7 million residents who confront their disabilities as they go about their daily lives. Another is to say thanks to the thousands of rehabilitation professionals, such as the nation's 204,000 physical therapists, who help those in need adapt to and overcome their disabilities. About 19 percent of the population is living with some form of disability; half of them age 65 and older. Nearly 31 million have difficulty walking or climbing stairs, and 12 million require assistance with daily routines at home, such as dressing, bathing or preparing meals. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Rehab Week: http://www.rehabweek.com/rehab/
Physical therapists: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm
Statistics: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2015/cb15-ff10.html
Older Americans/table 1: http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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