Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Diagnosed disabilities, impairments and diseases. Absolute figures
Average number of disabilities originated per person for each group of impairment, by age and sex.
Units: persons 6 years old and over residing in centres

	Total			6 to 64 years old			65 to 79 years old			80 years old and over			
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	
Total	18.54	16.84	19.44	18.53	18.34	18.82	16.88	15.66	17.86	19.15	16.52	19.95	
Mental impairments	16.72	15.09	17.63	14.72	14.71	14.74	15.51	13.98	16.68	18.19	16.67	18.57	
Visual impairments	2.65	2.58	2.68	2.25	1.94	2.79	2.60	2.80	2.43	2.73	2.73	2.73	
Hearing impairments	1.91	1.89	1.93	2.13	2.22	1.97	1.73	1.66	1.81	1.95	1.95	1.95	
Language, speech and voice impairments	1.49	1.55	1.44	1.60	1.80	1.06	1.37	1.42	1.31	1.55	1.44	1.59	
Osteoarticular impairments	7.49	6.92	7.68	5.86	6.27	5.32	7.21	6.99	7.32	7.67	6.98	7.85	
Nervous system impairments	12.91	12.90	12.93	15.65	15.06	16.50	11.58	11.97	11.21	12.82	12.33	13.01	
Visceral impairments	4.13	4.05	4.17	4.18	3.69	4.63	4.45	4.52	4.39	3.93	3.66	4.03	
Other impairments	8.01	7.49	8.19	1.26	1.47	1.00	5.32	6.01	4.85	8.18	7.65	8.35	
Notes:
1) A person may have several original impairments   
  
 2) The data corresponding to cells with fewer than one thousand persons must  be viewed with caution, because it may be affected by  large sampling errors. 
  
  
Source: National Statistics Institute