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