Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Absolute figures
Population with disabilities, according to the difficulties the main carer finds, 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;
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength;534.9;230.4;304.5;216.8;85.6;131.2;115.4;43.7;71.7;113.0;44.2;68.9;31.9;17.9;14.0;205.3;66.4;139.0;145.2;77.9;67.3;117.8;53.9;63.9;73.0;23.6;49.5;0.2;0.1;0.1;
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so;207.4;80.4;127.0;105.0;42.7;62.2;42.1;10.9;31.2;41.4;12.5;28.9;8.7;4.2;4.5;68.8;17.3;51.5;50.4;22.8;27.6;40.7;14.5;26.2;26.7;6.4;20.3;..;..;..;
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task;201.0;88.9;112.1;130.7;56.2;74.5;38.4;12.1;26.3;39.7;14.9;24.9;10.1;6.4;3.8;46.7;11.3;35.5;42.4;23.2;19.2;32.3;15.5;16.8;23.0;6.5;16.5;0.3;..;0.3;
They have other difficulties;196.1;75.9;120.2;91.0;35.9;55.1;46.5;16.1;30.3;39.5;14.0;25.5;12.6;6.4;6.2;65.6;17.0;48.6;54.4;25.1;29.3;43.5;16.4;27.1;22.0;7.4;14.5;..;..;..;
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have;198.4;74.3;124.0;96.9;36.1;60.8;44.1;13.1;31.0;38.5;11.6;27.0;8.8;4.4;4.4;65.7;13.3;52.4;47.9;22.8;25.1;37.9;15.8;22.1;23.4;7.5;15.9;..;..;..;
They have no difficulty;579.4;183.1;396.3;149.8;55.5;94.3;126.1;38.1;88.0;113.5;32.4;81.1;15.8;6.9;8.9;273.2;58.5;214.7;97.7;38.3;59.3;108.4;39.2;69.2;93.4;21.9;71.4;0.4;0.4;..;
No data recorded;730.8;207.9;522.9;127.7;53.2;74.5;133.4;33.8;99.6;131.3;38.6;92.8;13.2;9.5;3.7;421.2;87.9;333.3;112.8;35.1;77.6;137.0;42.8;94.2;77.2;17.1;60.1;0.1;0.1;0.0;
Notes:
1) A person may have several original impairments   
   
 2) A carer may find more than one difficulty 
   
 3) 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