Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Diagnosed disabilities, impairments and diseases. Absolute figures Population with disabilities, according to group of impairment, by type of centre and sex. Units: persons 6 years old and over residing in centres Total Residential centres for the elderly Centres for persons with disabilities Psychiatric and geriatric hospitals Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Total 269,139 93,546 175,593 216,177 62,863 153,315 35,869 22,575 13,294 17,092 8,108 8,985 Mental impairments 159,768 57,103 102,665 112,143 29,170 82,973 32,490 20,640 11,850 15,135 7,293 7,842 Visual impairments 36,251 12,483 23,768 31,352 9,682 21,670 2,624 1,613 1,011 2,275 1,189 1,086 Hearing impairments 32,361 10,981 21,380 27,985 8,452 19,533 2,482 1,715 766 1,894 813 1,080 Language, speech and voice impairments 4,074 1,987 2,087 3,437 1,627 1,810 393 225 168 244 135 109 Osteoarticular impairments 65,994 16,467 49,527 62,354 14,967 47,387 1,447 844 603 2,192 656 1,537 Nervous system impairments 44,156 17,967 26,189 36,334 13,795 22,539 5,498 3,205 2,293 2,324 966 1,357 Visceral impairments 39,295 13,507 25,789 35,940 12,419 23,520 945 375 570 2,411 712 1,699 Other impairments 64,573 16,122 48,451 63,330 15,807 47,523 177 41 136 1,065 274 792 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