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Section 14: **International Patterns**

**This section presents international disability statistics. Specifically, these statistics address international employment rates for people with disabilities and the percentages of total populations receiving disability benefits. Both of the tables in this section face severe limitations. In both of the tables, it is difficult to compare rates across countries because countries often define disabilities differently and have different employment and benefits structures. Additionally, these statistics may come from different sources (for example: from a survey versus from a census) and represent different years. The principal source of this data is a report by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).**

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**Table 14.1: International Disability Statistics—Employment Rates of Working-Age People with Disabilities in Selected OECD Countries**In 2004, the employment rate of working-age individuals with disabilities in the United States was 39.9 percent. Table 14.1 lists employment rates for people with disabilities in 25 countries for the most recent year collected by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. These data are limited by differences in the sources, the years represented, and the definitions of disability.

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**Table 14.2: International Disability Statistics—Disability Benefit Recipients as Percent of the Working-Age Population in Selected OECD Countries**In 2006, 5.9 percent of the United States working-age population received disability benefits. Table 14.2 lists the percentage of populations in 26 countries receiving disability benefits for the most recent year collected by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. These data are limited by differences in the sources, the years represented, and the definitions of disability.

                    - International Disability Statistics
                    - 14.1 International Disability Statistics—Employment Rates of Working-Age People with Disabilities in Selected OECD Countries
                    - 14.2 International Disability Statistics—Disability Benefit Recipients as Percent of the Working-Age Population in Selected OECD Countries

 

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