Table 1.

Change in disability rates among US adults Jan. 2022–Jan. 2023 relative to 2017–2019 trend (in percentage points)

	Total	Hearing	Visual	Cognitive	Mobility	Self-care	Going outside
Men	1.02	0.45	0.18	0.34	0.32	0.08	− 0.04
Women	0.97	0.24	0.29	0.53	0.11	0.05	0.24
White	0.86	0.36	0.14	0.42	0.06	0.08	0.11
Non-White	1.45	0.25	0.56	0.50	0.71	− 0.01	0.06
Younger (< 45)	0.81	0.14	0.19	0.60	0.16	0.09	0.15
Older (45+)	1.11	0.50	0.27	0.30	0.22	0.04	0.05
Less educated	0.93	0.33	0.24	0.44	0.18	0.04	0.11
More educated	0.98	0.34	0.20	0.38	0.17	0.10	0.05

Constructed by the authors using monthly CPS data for all adults ages 18 and above, January 2017–January 2023. Less educated is less than a 4-year college degree, more educated is a college degree or higher