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Table 5. Number of impairments reported by prison inmates by age, 2004
| |
Percent of prison inmates by age |
|
| Total |
34 or younger |
35 or older |
|
| State inmates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of impairments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
0 |
63.8 |
% |
65.5 |
% |
62.0 |
% |
| |
1 |
20.5 |
|
19.9 |
|
21.2 |
|
| |
2 |
9.9 |
|
9.9 |
|
9.9 |
|
| |
3 or more |
5.8 |
|
4.7 |
|
6.9 |
|
| Federal inmates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of impairments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
0 |
75.6 |
% |
79.1 |
% |
72.3 |
% |
| |
1 |
16.3 |
|
14.1 |
|
18.2 |
|
| |
2 |
5.9 |
|
5.2 |
|
6.6 |
|
| |
3 or more |
2.3 |
|
1.6 |
|
2.8 |
|
|
Source: Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2004.
See also Methodology. |
