Beneficiaries in Specific Primary Disabilities
 

While the BPAO Program served individuals with a broad variety of both physical and mental disabilities, the two most common primary disability categories indicated were mental and emotional disorders and system diseases, which jointly accounted for nearly half of the beneficiaries receiving I & R/Problem Solving and just over half of those receiving intensive benefit support. The categories indicated least often for both groups were traumatic brain injury, sensory impairment, and infectious disease. Thus, the overall pattern of primary disabilities was very similar for both service groups.

Percentage of Beneficiaries with Specific Primary Disabilities
Primary Disability I & R/Problem Solving (N=24,341) Intensive Benefit Support (N=22,158)
Mental and Emotional Disorders
32.3
38.4
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.)
17.3
15.7
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations
12.0
11.2
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation)
9.7
11.1
Spinal Cord Injury
4.7
5.3
Blind or Visual Impairment
4.6
4.5
Traumatic Brain Injury
3.4
4.3
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments
2.5
2.9
Infectious Diseases
1.8
2.0
Other
5.6
3.7
Unknown
6.1
0.5

 


VCU Benefits Assistance Resource Center
Preliminary Draft - Subject to Further Verification
March 31, 2003