European Health Survey  
SENSORY VISUAL AND AUDITORY LIMITATIONS
Vision limitation by sex, country of birth, and age group. Population aged 15 years old and over.
Units: thousands of persons

	TOTAL	Without difficulty	With Enough difficulty	With a great deal of difficulty	Unable to do so	No data recorded	
Both sexes	
    Total	
        TOTAL	38,959.7	33,722.2	4,398.9	745.5	71.4	21.7	
        From 15 to 24 years old	4,470.3	4,222.4	238.2	1.7	7.9	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	26,269.0	23,469.7	2,501.1	272.1	14.8	11.4	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	8,220.3	6,030.0	1,659.6	471.7	48.7	10.4	
    Spain	
        TOTAL	33,919.4	29,160.5	3,966.0	705.7	69.6	17.5	
        From 15 to 24 years old	3,707.7	3,518.2	179.9	1.7	7.9	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	22,283.6	19,864.2	2,152.0	244.4	14.8	8.2	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	7,928.1	5,778.1	1,634.2	459.6	46.9	9.3	
    Abroad	
        TOTAL	5,040.3	4,561.7	432.9	39.7	1.8	4.2	
        From 15 to 24 years old	762.6	704.3	58.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	3,985.4	3,605.5	349.2	27.6	0.0	3.2	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	292.3	252.0	25.4	12.1	1.8	1.1	
Men	
    Total	
        TOTAL	19,005.4	16,645.3	1,995.1	318.8	32.0	14.2	
        From 15 to 24 years old	2,282.4	2,174.5	101.5	1.7	4.7	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	13,148.0	11,752.0	1,243.1	131.8	11.5	9.6	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	3,575.1	2,718.9	650.4	185.4	15.8	4.6	
    Spain	
        TOTAL	16,710.6	14,516.0	1,850.8	300.9	32.0	11.0	
        From 15 to 24 years old	1,880.4	1,806.1	68.0	1.7	4.7	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	11,388.3	10,114.4	1,135.4	120.5	11.5	6.4	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	3,442.0	2,595.5	647.4	178.7	15.8	4.6	
    Abroad	
        TOTAL	2,294.8	2,129.3	144.3	17.9	0.0	3.2	
        From 15 to 24 years old	402.0	368.4	33.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	1,759.7	1,637.5	107.7	11.3	0.0	3.2	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	133.1	123.4	3.0	6.7	0.0	0.0	
Women	
    Total	
        TOTAL	19,954.3	17,076.9	2,403.9	426.6	39.4	7.6	
        From 15 to 24 years old	2,187.9	2,048.0	136.7	0.0	3.3	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	13,121.1	11,717.8	1,258.0	140.3	3.3	1.8	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	4,645.3	3,311.2	1,009.1	286.4	32.8	5.8	
    Spain	
        TOTAL	17,208.7	14,644.5	2,115.2	404.8	37.6	6.5	
        From 15 to 24 years old	1,827.3	1,712.1	111.9	0.0	3.3	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	10,895.4	9,749.8	1,016.6	123.9	3.3	1.8	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	4,486.1	3,182.6	986.8	280.9	31.1	4.7	
    Abroad	
        TOTAL	2,745.6	2,432.3	288.6	21.8	1.8	1.1	
        From 15 to 24 years old	360.6	335.8	24.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	2,225.7	1,967.9	241.5	16.4	0.0	0.0	
        Aged Aged 65 years old and over	159.2	128.6	22.3	5.4	1.8	1.1	
Notes:
1) Vision limitation using glasses or contact lenses, if used.

 The symbol '.'  shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as information that is not collected for that classification in the table
 The data corresponding to cells with less than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error
Source: National Statistics Institute