Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Diagnosed disabilities, impairments and diseases. Relative figures
Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to group of impairment, by age and sex.
Units: percentage

	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	
Mental impairments	59.36	61.04	58.47	87.17	87.70	86.31	58.09	56.36	59.48	51.82	44.00	54.21	
Visual impairments	13.47	13.34	13.54	8.99	9.28	8.53	13.30	14.17	12.60	14.82	15.87	14.50	
Hearing impairments	12.02	11.74	12.18	4.91	5.07	4.65	11.72	13.97	9.91	14.18	15.27	13.85	
Language, speech and voice impairments	1.51	2.12	1.19	1.95	2.30	1.38	2.58	3.31	1.99	1.00	1.17	0.95	
Osteoarticular impairments	24.52	17.60	28.21	5.55	5.09	6.31	26.52	19.81	31.91	29.25	25.60	30.36	
Nervous system impairments	16.41	19.21	14.91	16.96	16.20	18.18	24.90	27.51	22.80	13.15	15.73	12.37	
Visceral impairments	14.60	14.44	14.69	3.85	2.95	5.31	24.53	23.09	25.68	14.08	17.18	13.13	
Other impairments	23.99	17.23	27.59	0.10	0.09	0.12	6.30	5.70	6.78	37.32	38.28	37.02	
Notes:
1) A person may have several original impairments   
  
 2) The data corresponding to cells with fewer than one thousand persons must  be viewed with caution, because it may be affected by  large sampling errors. 
  
  
Source: National Statistics Institute