Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health. National results: Relative figures Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to group of impairment, by age and sex Units: percentage Total 6 to 64 years old 6 to 44 years old 45 to 64 years old 65 to 79 years old 65 to 74 years old 75 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 Both sexes Males Females Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Mental impairments 20.48 22.24 19.34 22.26 28.10 16.94 37.35 43.35 29.72 12.65 15.30 10.70 13.61 13.96 13.39 11.82 12.13 11.62 16.08 16.67 15.74 25.83 20.17 28.13 Visual impairments 22.54 21.52 23.20 16.88 16.57 17.16 14.73 13.87 15.82 18.25 18.84 17.81 24.70 24.28 24.96 23.72 22.62 24.41 26.06 26.73 25.68 28.61 29.72 28.16 Hearing impairments 25.65 27.63 24.37 18.27 19.63 17.04 14.83 14.59 15.14 20.47 23.86 17.96 27.67 33.44 24.19 26.55 32.13 23.02 29.22 35.38 25.75 34.49 38.83 32.73 Language, speech and voice impairments 2.44 3.60 1.69 2.42 3.70 1.25 2.87 3.39 2.22 2.13 3.96 0.78 2.34 3.70 1.52 2.37 3.95 1.37 2.29 3.33 1.71 2.60 3.21 2.36 Osteoarticular impairments 42.01 29.88 49.90 35.43 27.56 42.62 23.07 18.74 28.58 43.31 34.97 49.47 46.81 32.37 55.52 47.25 33.27 56.10 46.19 31.05 54.75 46.37 31.88 52.26 Nervous system impairments 13.91 14.77 13.34 16.20 14.80 17.48 15.71 14.00 17.87 16.51 15.47 17.28 12.67 14.90 11.33 12.74 14.64 11.54 12.58 15.29 11.05 11.87 14.51 10.80 Visceral impairments 16.29 16.65 16.07 11.45 11.62 11.30 6.10 5.61 6.72 14.87 16.66 13.54 20.61 22.50 19.47 21.16 23.05 19.96 19.86 21.68 18.83 18.58 20.32 17.88 Other impairments 9.12 6.43 10.86 2.26 1.65 2.81 1.84 1.99 1.65 2.52 1.36 3.38 6.91 5.87 7.53 4.67 4.58 4.73 9.99 7.79 11.23 22.12 19.29 23.27 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