Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health. National results: Relative figures Population rate with disabilities, according to type of original impairment, by age and sex Units: rate per 1000 inhabitants 6 years old and over Total 0 to 5 years old 6 to 64 years old 6 to 44 years old 45 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 Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Total 85.45 69.52 101.02 21.50 25.18 17.60 44.76 42.69 46.88 25.40 28.08 22.58 87.24 76.15 97.99 223.91 187.72 253.71 514.56 418.64 568.93 Mental impairments 16.41 14.30 18.47 5.02 5.72 4.27 9.30 11.05 7.50 8.83 11.17 6.37 10.32 10.76 9.89 28.48 24.35 31.89 124.30 77.52 150.82 Developmental delay 0.27 0.34 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.43 0.25 0.50 0.62 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Profound and severe intellectual impairment 1.04 1.08 1.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.20 1.24 1.16 1.36 1.42 1.30 0.84 0.82 0.85 0.65 0.67 0.63 0.89 0.83 0.93 Moderate intellectual impairment 1.17 1.54 0.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.40 1.79 0.99 1.67 2.13 1.19 0.80 1.01 0.59 0.64 1.10 0.26 0.29 0.04 0.43 Mild intellectual impairment 0.55 0.67 0.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 0.79 0.54 0.81 0.87 0.74 0.37 0.62 0.12 0.21 0.38 0.07 0.15 0.11 0.18 Borderline intelligence 0.26 0.29 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.35 0.26 0.35 0.44 0.25 0.22 0.16 0.29 0.10 0.12 0.09 0.16 0.00 0.26 Dementia 7.20 3.92 10.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.28 0.26 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.81 0.83 0.80 18.41 14.12 21.93 108.40 66.60 132.09 Mental illness 3.20 3.34 3.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.63 2.65 2.42 3.15 1.64 4.75 4.72 4.78 4.17 3.19 4.98 6.07 3.45 7.56 Other mental and behavioural disorders 2.73 2.91 2.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.64 1.54 1.81 2.53 1.05 2.73 2.89 2.58 5.46 5.30 5.59 10.30 7.40 11.94 Visual impairments 17.74 13.52 21.87 0.52 0.61 0.41 7.05 6.52 7.60 3.48 3.57 3.39 14.87 13.25 16.45 51.71 42.35 59.41 137.67 114.23 150.96 Total blindness 1.06 0.88 1.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.39 0.31 0.18 0.19 0.16 0.74 0.84 0.64 2.92 2.56 3.22 9.82 9.04 10.27 Poor eyesight 16.66 12.60 20.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.70 6.12 7.28 3.31 3.38 3.23 14.13 12.41 15.81 48.78 39.79 56.19 127.85 105.20 140.69 Hearing impairments 20.27 17.43 23.05 1.85 1.90 1.80 7.63 7.72 7.54 3.51 3.76 3.24 16.68 16.77 16.59 57.93 58.32 57.60 166.01 149.24 175.51 Prelocution deafness 0.39 0.43 0.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.44 0.36 0.38 0.43 0.34 0.44 0.48 0.40 0.32 0.48 0.18 1.04 0.74 1.21 Postlocution deafness 0.69 0.63 0.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.24 0.13 0.13 0.19 0.08 0.31 0.37 0.25 1.64 1.51 1.74 7.82 8.45 7.45 Hard of hearing 18.66 16.00 21.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.86 6.91 6.81 2.97 3.13 2.79 15.41 15.57 15.25 54.79 55.55 54.16 154.21 137.92 163.44 Balance disorders 0.56 0.34 0.78 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.14 0.32 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.65 0.43 0.87 1.74 1.20 2.18 4.05 3.06 4.62 Language, speech and voice impairments 2.19 2.66 1.74 4.40 6.15 2.53 1.01 1.45 0.55 0.68 0.87 0.48 1.74 2.79 0.72 4.89 6.45 3.61 12.53 12.35 12.63 Muteness (not through deafness) 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.19 0.07 0.25 0.00 0.39 Difficult or incomprehensible speech 1.87 2.22 1.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.98 1.43 0.52 0.65 0.84 0.44 1.71 2.77 0.69 4.77 6.26 3.54 12.28 12.35 12.24 Osteoarticular impairments 33.13 18.90 47.05 1.96 2.78 1.09 14.80 10.84 18.87 5.46 4.83 6.12 35.31 24.59 45.70 97.98 56.47 132.17 223.15 122.55 280.18 Head 0.14 0.08 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.17 0.18 0.16 0.24 0.05 0.40 0.88 0.00 1.38 Spinal column 16.87 8.72 24.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.01 5.18 10.93 2.71 1.89 3.56 19.67 12.70 26.43 51.51 26.37 72.22 102.33 53.76 129.87 Upper limbs 9.68 4.62 14.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.37 2.73 6.07 1.49 1.44 1.54 10.71 5.68 15.59 28.09 13.50 40.11 66.55 30.29 87.11 Lower limbs 14.27 8.38 20.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.63 3.97 5.32 1.65 1.72 1.58 11.18 9.11 13.19 43.15 27.29 56.21 125.13 69.79 156.50 Nervous system impairments 11.14 9.46 12.79 3.42 3.15 3.72 6.77 5.82 7.74 3.72 3.61 3.83 13.46 10.88 15.97 26.53 26.00 26.97 57.14 55.78 57.91 Paralysis of an upper limb 0.69 0.74 0.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.41 0.48 0.33 0.19 0.24 0.14 0.88 1.02 0.75 1.97 2.12 1.85 3.25 3.95 2.86 Paralysis of a lower limb 0.81 0.85 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.45 0.46 0.44 0.13 0.16 0.11 1.15 1.16 1.14 2.35 2.41 2.31 4.08 6.91 2.48 Paraplegia 0.58 0.68 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.45 0.55 0.34 0.28 0.37 0.19 0.82 0.97 0.68 1.13 1.51 0.82 2.31 2.33 2.30 Tetraplegia 0.29 0.36 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.28 0.12 0.16 0.24 0.08 0.29 0.39 0.20 0.52 0.81 0.28 1.52 1.45 1.56 Motor coordination and/or muscle tone disorders 6.79 5.29 8.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.93 2.93 4.95 2.12 1.75 2.52 7.88 5.63 10.06 16.84 16.56 17.07 39.35 35.81 41.36 Other impairments of the nervous system 2.46 2.06 2.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.72 1.56 1.88 0.97 1.10 0.84 3.36 2.64 4.06 5.27 4.32 6.04 11.32 10.57 11.74 Visceral impairments 13.05 10.69 15.35 3.92 4.04 3.79 4.78 4.57 5.01 1.44 1.45 1.44 12.12 11.72 12.51 43.15 39.25 46.36 89.43 78.09 95.85 Respiratory system 1.54 1.95 1.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.59 0.75 0.43 0.17 0.20 0.13 1.52 1.99 1.07 5.67 8.44 3.39 9.15 13.42 6.72 Cardiovascular system 3.82 3.32 4.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.24 1.29 1.18 0.20 0.21 0.19 3.51 3.76 3.27 14.30 14.11 14.46 26.21 23.38 27.82 Digestive system 1.21 1.02 1.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 0.65 0.69 0.26 0.18 0.34 1.56 1.72 1.41 2.98 2.17 3.65 7.55 8.33 7.11 Genitourinary system 4.89 3.32 6.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.25 1.05 1.46 0.45 0.51 0.39 3.01 2.29 3.71 16.65 13.11 19.56 43.82 32.78 50.07 Endocrine-metabolic system 2.06 1.39 2.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.87 1.13 0.33 0.33 0.33 2.46 2.11 2.80 7.19 5.06 8.94 9.79 4.60 12.73 Haematopoeitic system and immune system 0.59 0.32 0.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42 0.23 0.62 0.14 0.10 0.19 1.04 0.53 1.52 1.17 0.49 1.73 2.79 2.66 2.85 Other impairments 7.23 4.12 10.26 1.01 1.43 0.57 0.94 0.65 1.24 0.44 0.51 0.35 2.06 0.96 3.12 14.46 10.24 17.92 106.43 74.13 124.75 Skin 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.08 0.05 0.00 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.60 0.84 0.46 Multiple impairments 6.45 3.59 9.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.27 0.54 0.09 0.12 0.07 1.08 0.62 1.52 13.09 9.40 16.13 103.56 72.52 121.16 Impairments not classified elsewhere 0.62 0.35 0.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.30 0.62 0.24 0.28 0.21 0.93 0.34 1.50 1.33 0.80 1.77 2.40 0.77 3.32 No data recorded 5.54 5.28 5.80 1.15 1.51 0.76 2.95 3.34 2.54 1.74 2.30 1.16 5.59 5.74 5.44 14.47 13.20 15.51 33.11 33.72 32.76 Notes: 1) A person may have several original impairments 2) The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 5 thousand persons must be viewed with caution, because they may be affected by large sampling errors. Source: National Statistics Institute