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the populace is disabled males and 8.1% are females. In Springfield, these numbers are a little higher, considering that its population is less than half the population of Eugene. Of Springfield's total population, 9.7% are disabled males, and 10.7% are disabled females. E m pl oy m e ntD i s a b i lity: Disa bifity makesi~ difficUl~ tO ~erform a~ a~ObO~ bUSiness G 0~O u tsi de ~ H o m e Di s a bil i tY; DiSability ma keSitdiffiCultfo~ th e~ndividua~(aged ~ 6 a~d o ver) to lea ve ~ome a!one ~o pefform activities; suchas groce~ shopping or i M e nt al D i s a b iii tY DiSability ~h ca ~e~indJvid~altOh a vetro ~blelea rnJng~ r¢ P h Ys i ca I D i s ab iii t Y DiSabi/ity tha ~/imitspbysica~a ctivity, s~cha s~a/king, climbing Se I fO a re O i s a b i I itY; D~a biff ty ~ b a~ca ~ ~ e S in di vi dua!difficu/ty in p e fro rming ce Ra~ n se n s o~ D i s ab i lit Y ;DiSabi/i~ tbat~a ~sesse vere vis[O O~ hca ~g/o~s dea fn ~ b/i~dn~ The largest population category in Eugene with disabilities is the 18-64 age group, which composes 9.5% of the total population. Within this population, the most prominent disability is employment, followed by physical and mental disabilities. The males and females of this age group are evenly split with number of employment disabilities, but there are more females than males with physical disabilities. In Springfield, 13.7% of the whole population is disabled and between the ages of 18-64, this again is a large percentage of the total population compared to Eugene. Mirroring Eugene, the population in Springfield reported a large number of employment disabilities, followed by physical and mental disabilities. The male and female populations with disabilities are at 6.9% and 6.8% of Springfield's total population. There is a significant difference in disabilities reported here, however, in Springfield there are a substantial number "go-outside-home" disabilities for females between the ages of 18-64. Percent of Total Population with a Disability 8.0% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% Male Female Male Female Eugene Springfield BAge 5to 15 · Age 16 to 64 [] Over age 65 disabilities. The disabled population over age 65 accounts for 4.9% of Eugene's total population and 5.4% of Springfield's. In 2000, Eugene had 12.1% of its total population over the age of 65, Census data shows that less than half of this age group are reporting a disability. In Springfield, where the over age 65 population is 10.3% of the total; half of these people have Eugene's population is composed of 3.1% older disabled females and 1.8% 25