Chapter 1: Disability and Impairments
Population with a disability, according to impairment of origin group and impairment root cause, by gender.
Units: percentage

	Total							Man							Woman							
	Total	Congenital problem	Birth problems	Accident	Illness	Degenerative age-related process	Other causes	Total	Congenital problem	Birth problems	Accident	Illness	Degenerative age-related process	Other causes	Total	Congenital problem	Birth problems	Accident	Illness	Degenerative age-related process	Other causes	
MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS	100.00	34.80	2.14	3.83	29.26	45.43	5.28	100.00	40.40	3.07	3.93	29.84	35.22	6.68	100.00	32.01	1.68	3.78	28.97	50.52	4.58	
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS	100.00	30.99	1.06	10.88	36.44	58.32	9.63	100.00	35.62	2.01	8.19	36.54	51.22	11.67	100.00	28.84	0.62	12.13	36.39	61.62	8.68	
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	100.00	26.98	0.99	11.35	29.90	68.10	8.18	100.00	31.11	1.45	9.00	30.20	62.62	8.73	100.00	25.18	0.79	12.37	29.77	70.50	7.94	
LANGUAGE, SPEECH AND VOICE IMPAIRMENTS	100.00	30.86	1.79	7.03	46.24	48.75	9.48	100.00	35.63	4.23	6.69	44.12	31.59	11.31	100.00	27.38	0.00	7.28	47.79	61.29	8.14	
OSTEOARTICULAR IMPAIRMENTS	100.00	26.21	0.55	22.79	26.95	53.91	7.83	100.00	28.03	0.60	21.25	29.20	48.41	8.59	100.00	25.40	0.53	23.47	25.96	56.33	7.49	
NERVOUS SYSTEM IMPAIRMENTS	100.00	28.97	3.67	9.66	43.47	35.44	9.49	100.00	29.18	5.03	13.86	41.32	24.38	9.54	100.00	28.84	2.80	6.99	44.83	42.45	9.46	
VISCERAL IMPAIRMENTS	100.00	28.22	0.16	4.70	62.76	37.50	6.49	100.00	27.68	0.33	5.73	66.12	32.99	9.04	100.00	28.69	0.00	3.80	59.81	41.47	4.24	
OTHER IMPAIRMENTS	100.00	32.61	0.64	10.98	25.74	50.31	14.18	100.00	36.24	1.39	10.64	27.24	41.46	16.91	100.00	30.70	0.24	11.16	24.95	54.98	12.73	
Not given	100.00	9.07	0.00	5.78	18.96	58.79	17.71	100.00	11.25	0.00	13.83	21.26	35.16	21.40	100.00	7.75	0.00	0.88	17.56	73.20	15.45	
Notes:
1) A deficiency is the deficiency that gives rise to the disability and the root cause is the cause of the deficiency.
 2) A person may have deficiencies originating from more than one deficiency group
Source: National Statistics Institute