European Health Survey  
SENSORY VISUAL AND AUDITORY LIMITATIONS
Vision limitation by sex, age group, and educational level. 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,
        Basic and lower,20,870.2,17,130.0,3,042.8,624.9,55.4,17.2,
        Medium,7,819.4,7,118.9,621.6,68.2,10.7,0.0,
        Upper,10,270.1,9,473.4,734.5,52.4,5.3,4.6,
    From 15 to 24 years old,
        TOTAL,4,470.3,4,222.4,238.2,1.7,7.9,0.0,
        Basic and lower,2,533.7,2,378.2,149.2,1.7,4.7,0.0,
        Medium,1,395.7,1,339.0,53.5,0.0,3.3,0.0,
        Upper,540.9,505.3,35.6,0.0,0.0,0.0,
    From 25 to 64 years old,
        TOTAL,26,269.0,23,469.7,2,501.1,272.1,14.8,11.4,
        Basic and lower,11,592.8,9,982.4,1,411.1,185.0,7.5,6.8,
        Medium,5,804.1,5,254.6,491.4,51.9,6.3,0.0,
        Upper,8,872.2,8,232.7,598.7,35.1,1.0,4.6,
    Aged Aged 65 years old and over,
        TOTAL,8,220.3,6,030.0,1,659.6,471.7,48.7,10.4,
        Basic and lower,6,743.8,4,769.4,1,482.6,438.1,43.3,10.4,
        Medium,619.5,525.3,76.8,16.3,1.1,0.0,
        Upper,857.0,735.4,100.1,17.2,4.3,0.0,
Men,
    TOTAL,
        TOTAL,19,005.4,16,645.3,1,995.1,318.8,32.0,14.2,
        Basic and lower,10,157.0,8,522.0,1,343.7,257.2,24.5,9.6,
        Medium,3,970.0,3,642.3,288.4,33.8,5.5,0.0,
        Upper,4,878.5,4,481.1,363.0,27.8,2.0,4.6,
    From 15 to 24 years old,
        TOTAL,2,282.4,2,174.5,101.5,1.7,4.7,0.0,
        Basic and lower,1,420.9,1,325.3,89.3,1.7,4.7,0.0,
        Medium,648.9,642.3,6.6,0.0,0.0,0.0,
        Upper,212.6,206.9,5.7,0.0,0.0,0.0,
    From 25 to 64 years old,
        TOTAL,13,148.0,11,752.0,1,243.1,131.8,11.5,9.6,
        Basic and lower,6,040.4,5,239.9,701.6,87.9,6.0,5.0,
        Medium,2,988.8,2,719.2,239.0,25.1,5.5,0.0,
        Upper,4,118.8,3,792.9,302.5,18.8,0.0,4.6,
    Aged Aged 65 years old and over,
        TOTAL,3,575.1,2,718.9,650.4,185.4,15.8,4.6,
        Basic and lower,2,695.7,1,956.8,552.8,167.6,13.8,4.6,
        Medium,332.3,280.8,42.8,8.7,0.0,0.0,
        Upper,547.1,481.2,54.8,9.0,2.0,0.0,
Women,
    TOTAL,
        TOTAL,19,954.3,17,076.9,2,403.9,426.6,39.4,7.6,
        Basic and lower,10,713.3,8,608.0,1,699.1,367.6,31.0,7.6,
        Medium,3,849.4,3,476.6,333.2,34.4,5.1,0.0,
        Upper,5,391.6,4,992.3,371.5,24.6,3.3,0.0,
    From 15 to 24 years old,
        TOTAL,2,187.9,2,048.0,136.7,0.0,3.3,0.0,
        Basic and lower,1,112.8,1,052.9,59.9,0.0,0.0,0.0,
        Medium,746.8,696.7,46.9,0.0,3.3,0.0,
        Upper,328.3,298.4,29.9,0.0,0.0,0.0,
    From 25 to 64 years old,
        TOTAL,13,121.1,11,717.8,1,258.0,140.3,3.3,1.8,
        Basic and lower,5,552.4,4,742.5,709.4,97.1,1.5,1.8,
        Medium,2,815.3,2,535.4,252.3,26.8,0.8,0.0,
        Upper,4,753.4,4,439.8,296.2,16.3,1.0,0.0,
    Aged Aged 65 years old and over,
        TOTAL,4,645.3,3,311.2,1,009.1,286.4,32.8,5.8,
        Basic and lower,4,048.1,2,812.5,929.8,270.5,29.5,5.8,
        Medium,287.2,244.5,34.0,7.6,1.1,0.0,
        Upper,309.9,254.1,45.3,8.2,2.3,0.0,
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