Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Absolute figures
Population with disabilities, according to the most important care provided by the main carer, by group of impairment and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: thousands of persons

	Total			Mental impairments			Visual impairments			Hearing impairments			Language, speech and voice impairments			Osteoarticular impairments			Nervous system impairments			Visceral impairments			Other impairments			No data recorded			
	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	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	
Total	2,088.1	710.6	1,377.6	618.3	245.1	373.2	424.3	129.7	294.6	400.3	129.4	271.0	70.0	38.7	31.4	974.3	228.8	745.5	402.6	170.5	232.1	411.1	152.0	259.1	272.5	70.9	201.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	
Eating	268.5	107.2	161.3	153.3	56.0	97.3	60.8	21.4	39.4	45.0	14.2	30.8	26.1	12.1	13.9	60.6	15.0	45.6	89.9	44.6	45.2	41.5	17.9	23.6	32.5	9.8	22.7	..	..	..	
Get dressed / Get undressed	698.2	269.7	428.5	271.7	100.1	171.6	140.0	44.0	96.0	127.4	42.0	85.4	37.9	19.2	18.7	269.5	73.8	195.7	195.2	97.2	98.0	134.7	51.7	83.0	98.8	28.3	70.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	
Personal hygiene / Getting ready	658.4	251.8	406.5	257.8	99.6	158.2	135.1	44.3	90.9	126.9	41.7	85.2	35.9	19.7	16.3	247.3	65.8	181.5	168.4	81.5	86.9	131.6	55.2	76.4	98.4	28.2	70.2	0.1	..	0.1	
Walk or get around the house	267.6	77.9	189.7	96.7	26.7	70.0	60.3	14.5	45.9	53.5	12.2	41.3	15.7	6.1	9.6	104.9	18.8	86.1	74.2	29.9	44.3	52.5	17.3	35.2	44.6	8.5	36.1	..	..	..	
Go up or down the stairs	334.9	98.3	236.6	98.0	30.2	67.7	76.1	21.3	54.8	70.0	16.7	53.3	11.4	5.0	6.4	156.2	33.9	122.3	75.5	29.0	46.5	75.9	27.3	48.6	54.5	11.2	43.3	0.2	..	0.2	
Change incontinence pants due to urinary incontinence	213.7	59.7	154.0	113.1	30.7	82.4	46.0	10.3	35.7	44.9	9.9	35.0	18.0	8.7	9.3	68.9	10.1	58.8	61.0	23.3	37.7	47.7	14.6	33.1	32.6	5.9	26.8	..	..	..	
Change incontinence pants due to fecal incontinence	105.1	36.5	68.6	58.6	20.3	38.3	20.7	6.4	14.3	19.2	6.4	12.8	10.2	5.5	4.8	26.6	6.1	20.5	34.4	14.8	19.6	21.2	8.0	13.1	15.1	3.7	11.4	..	..	..	
Getting in and out of bed	273.0	94.8	178.3	87.8	23.4	64.4	54.5	14.5	40.1	55.9	16.5	39.4	13.2	6.2	7.0	119.9	32.6	87.4	81.6	37.3	44.3	57.8	22.2	35.7	37.1	8.9	28.3	0.5	0.5	..	
Bathe/Shower	676.3	256.8	419.6	236.6	85.9	150.6	144.9	47.1	97.8	138.3	49.3	88.9	28.7	15.2	13.5	287.3	79.0	208.2	153.3	75.7	77.6	145.8	62.0	83.8	109.7	31.7	78.0	0.4	0.1	0.3	
Use the toilet / bath on time	61.8	24.0	37.8	26.7	8.8	17.9	11.5	3.5	8.0	8.3	3.6	4.8	3.4	2.1	1.3	17.2	4.8	12.4	16.8	9.1	7.7	14.6	5.8	8.8	6.9	2.2	4.7	..	..	..	
Go shopping	523.3	153.1	370.2	137.9	54.4	83.5	113.4	33.6	79.8	100.2	27.6	72.6	10.9	5.7	5.2	263.3	48.9	214.4	80.6	28.5	52.0	110.5	32.9	77.7	75.7	16.2	59.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	
Preparing meals	547.4	212.6	334.8	190.6	78.8	111.8	120.2	45.9	74.3	113.3	40.9	72.4	16.7	9.0	7.8	221.2	62.3	158.8	101.5	45.2	56.3	109.2	44.9	64.4	82.8	24.1	58.7	0.8	0.5	0.3	
Undertake other household chores	486.6	141.2	345.4	117.8	42.8	75.0	106.7	31.8	75.0	102.7	28.8	73.9	7.4	3.1	4.4	255.0	49.1	205.9	71.4	23.9	47.4	106.6	32.7	73.8	69.8	18.0	51.8	0.6	0.4	0.2	
Take medicine (control)	388.1	173.2	214.8	218.8	96.7	122.1	91.6	37.6	54.0	88.3	32.3	56.0	19.6	9.5	10.2	111.4	33.8	77.6	71.7	36.1	35.6	83.9	39.6	44.3	60.1	20.8	39.3	0.2	0.2	..	
Use the telephone	46.6	23.0	23.6	23.4	10.5	12.9	8.4	3.3	5.1	15.2	6.9	8.3	3.1	1.8	1.3	10.1	3.7	6.4	4.5	3.1	1.5	8.9	3.9	5.0	5.6	2.0	3.7	..	..	..	
Go outside / get about on the street	299.4	91.9	207.5	89.3	37.0	52.3	71.7	18.9	52.7	61.9	19.3	42.6	7.3	3.1	4.2	133.7	25.5	108.2	54.0	23.0	31.0	60.6	18.5	42.1	42.0	8.7	33.3	0.6	0.6	..	
Use public transport	85.0	33.1	51.9	30.1	15.6	14.5	15.9	6.5	9.4	11.5	5.8	5.7	1.6	1.4	0.2	31.5	7.5	24.1	12.7	6.1	6.6	15.2	6.6	8.6	10.2	2.2	8.0	..	..	..	
Managing money	83.0	42.6	40.5	58.2	30.9	27.3	10.4	4.5	5.8	13.4	5.8	7.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	18.0	6.8	11.2	9.5	5.3	4.2	11.3	4.2	7.2	7.9	2.8	5.1	0.1	..	0.1	
Deal with paperwork	177.9	70.3	107.6	62.9	33.3	29.6	37.4	12.6	24.8	38.6	14.1	24.5	4.0	2.5	1.5	73.8	16.1	57.7	25.5	11.8	13.6	36.6	13.6	23.0	22.0	6.4	15.6	..	..	..	
Go to the doctor	339.9	132.9	207.0	120.5	58.1	62.3	79.8	28.3	51.5	76.2	25.3	50.8	10.5	7.2	3.4	141.3	35.4	106.0	52.4	24.9	27.6	71.8	28.3	43.5	44.9	11.0	33.9	0.1	0.1	..	
Tie one's own shoelaces	72.1	37.4	34.7	12.2	6.9	5.3	10.5	4.3	6.2	11.8	6.3	5.5	2.1	1.1	1.0	42.0	19.5	22.5	14.3	8.2	6.1	14.4	8.1	6.3	6.8	3.5	3.3	..	..	..	
No data recorded	633.1	183.6	449.4	100.9	43.3	57.6	119.1	30.5	88.6	112.7	35.0	77.7	10.6	8.0	2.6	371.5	80.4	291.1	93.7	30.1	63.6	115.0	38.4	76.6	66.0	15.9	50.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	
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