Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Relative figures Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to the most important care that the main carer provides, by age and sex of the person with disabilities Units: Rate per 100 persons with disabilities who receive personal care ,Total,,,6 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, 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, Eating,18.45,20.34,17.38,16.98,21.08,12.74,14.90,18.83,12.66,21.98,20.80,22.39, Get dressed / Get undressed,47.98,51.17,46.17,44.32,49.93,38.52,45.08,51.63,41.36,52.60,52.44,52.65, Personal hygiene / Getting ready,45.25,47.79,43.80,40.10,44.77,35.28,43.34,50.05,39.52,50.21,49.74,50.37, Walk or get around the house,18.39,14.78,20.44,12.22,12.09,12.35,17.99,15.22,19.56,23.01,18.05,24.75, Go up or down the stairs,23.01,18.66,25.49,17.87,15.09,20.73,24.72,22.32,26.08,25.44,19.98,27.36, Change incontinence pants due to urinary incontinence,14.69,11.32,16.59,6.26,6.96,5.54,11.30,10.83,11.56,22.98,17.81,24.80, Change incontinence pants due to fecal incontinence,7.22,6.93,7.39,3.87,5.34,2.35,5.70,6.83,5.06,10.64,9.22,11.14, Getting in and out of bed,18.77,17.99,19.21,16.25,15.70,16.83,18.04,19.60,17.16,21.04,19.56,21.56, Bathe/Shower,46.48,48.73,45.21,40.27,43.69,36.74,45.18,51.23,41.74,51.76,53.20,51.26, Use the toilet / bath on time,4.25,4.55,4.07,4.68,4.65,4.72,4.25,4.32,4.20,3.94,4.65,3.69, Go shopping,35.96,29.05,39.89,40.16,31.76,48.82,40.26,27.08,47.75,30.01,27.26,30.97, Preparing meals,37.62,40.34,36.08,39.92,39.00,40.88,35.99,39.01,34.28,37.14,43.49,34.92, Undertake other household chores,33.44,26.80,37.22,36.22,24.83,47.97,37.33,27.52,42.89,28.77,28.78,28.76, Take medicine (control),26.67,32.88,23.15,26.46,32.89,19.83,24.49,29.66,21.55,28.35,36.01,25.66, Use the telephone,3.20,4.37,2.54,4.16,4.50,3.80,3.06,4.26,2.38,2.64,4.29,2.06, Go outside / get about on the street,20.58,17.45,22.35,22.75,18.96,26.66,22.34,17.02,25.36,17.81,15.78,18.53, Use public transport,5.84,6.29,5.59,8.84,9.05,8.64,6.29,5.73,6.61,3.42,3.04,3.55, Managing money,5.71,8.08,4.36,10.05,12.78,7.24,4.24,4.41,4.14,3.68,5.20,3.15, Deal with paperwork,12.23,13.35,11.59,14.75,15.71,13.77,12.92,12.86,12.95,9.97,10.59,9.75, Go to the doctor,23.36,25.23,22.31,24.61,26.79,22.36,25.98,26.05,25.95,20.65,22.26,20.08, Tie one's own shoelaces,4.96,7.10,3.74,7.47,8.69,6.21,5.61,7.71,4.41,2.74,4.32,2.18, Notes: 1) The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 5 thousand persons must be viewed with caution, because it may be affected by large sampling errors. Source: National Statistics Institute