Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health. National results: Absolute figures
Population with disabilities, according to the type of original impairment, by age and sex.
Units: thousands of persons

	Total			0 to 5 years old			6 to 64 years old			6 to 44 years old			45 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	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	
Total	3,847.9	1,547.7	2,300.2	60.4	36.4	24.0	1,560.4	754.5	805.9	608.5	345.4	263.1	951.9	409.1	542.8	1,201.3	454.8	746.5	1,025.8	301.9	723.9	
Mental impairments	738.9	318.4	420.5	14.1	8.3	5.8	324.2	195.2	128.9	211.6	137.4	74.2	112.6	57.8	54.8	152.8	59.0	93.8	247.8	55.9	191.9	
Developmental delay	12.0	7.7	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	7.7	4.4	12.0	7.7	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Profound and severe intellectual impairment	47.0	24.1	23.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	41.8	21.8	19.9	32.6	17.4	15.2	9.1	4.4	4.7	3.5	1.6	1.8	1.8	0.6	1.2	
Moderate intellectual impairment	52.8	34.3	18.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	48.7	31.7	17.1	40.1	26.2	13.8	8.7	5.4	3.3	3.4	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.5	
Mild intellectual impairment	24.7	15.0	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.3	14.0	9.3	19.3	10.6	8.7	4.0	3.3	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	
Borderline intelligence	11.6	6.5	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.7	6.2	4.5	8.3	5.4	2.9	2.4	0.8	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	
Dementia	324.4	87.3	237.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.6	5.0	4.5	0.7	0.6	0.1	8.9	4.4	4.4	98.8	34.2	64.5	216.1	48.0	168.1	
Mental illness	144.3	74.4	69.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	109.8	64.2	45.6	57.9	38.8	19.1	51.8	25.4	26.5	22.4	7.7	14.6	12.1	2.5	9.6	
Other mental and behavioural disorders	123.0	64.9	58.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	73.2	46.7	26.5	43.4	31.2	12.2	29.8	15.5	14.3	29.3	12.9	16.4	20.5	5.3	15.2	
Visual impairments	799.1	301.0	498.0	1.5	0.9	0.6	245.7	115.1	130.6	83.4	44.0	39.5	162.3	71.2	91.1	277.4	102.6	174.8	274.4	82.4	192.1	
Total blindness	47.6	19.6	28.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.3	6.9	5.4	4.2	2.4	1.9	8.1	4.5	3.6	15.7	6.2	9.5	19.6	6.5	13.1	
Poor eyesight	750.0	280.5	469.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	233.4	108.2	125.2	79.2	41.6	37.6	154.2	66.7	87.6	261.7	96.4	165.3	254.9	75.9	179.0	
Hearing impairments	913.0	388.1	524.9	5.2	2.8	2.4	266.1	136.4	129.7	84.0	46.3	37.8	182.0	90.1	91.9	310.8	141.3	169.5	330.9	107.6	223.3	
Prelocution deafness	17.7	9.5	8.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	7.8	6.1	9.2	5.3	3.9	4.8	2.6	2.2	1.7	1.2	0.5	2.1	0.5	1.5	
Postlocution deafness	30.9	14.0	16.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.6	4.3	2.3	3.2	2.3	0.9	3.4	2.0	1.4	8.8	3.7	5.1	15.6	6.1	9.5	
Hard of hearing	840.5	356.2	484.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	239.1	122.1	117.0	71.0	38.5	32.5	168.1	83.6	84.5	293.9	134.6	159.3	307.4	99.5	207.9	
Balance disorders	25.4	7.6	17.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	2.5	5.5	0.9	0.2	0.7	7.1	2.3	4.8	9.3	2.9	6.4	8.1	2.2	5.9	
Language, speech and voice impairments	98.8	59.1	39.7	12.3	8.9	3.5	35.2	25.7	9.5	16.3	10.7	5.5	18.9	15.0	4.0	26.3	15.6	10.6	25.0	8.9	16.1	
Muteness (not through deafness)	2.1	0.9	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.5	
Difficult or incomprehensible speech	84.3	49.3	35.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	34.3	25.3	9.0	15.5	10.4	5.2	18.7	14.9	3.8	25.6	15.2	10.4	24.5	8.9	15.6	
Osteoarticular impairments	1,492.0	420.7	1,071.3	5.5	4.0	1.5	515.9	191.5	324.4	130.7	59.4	71.3	385.2	132.1	253.1	525.7	136.8	388.9	444.9	88.4	356.5	
Head	6.4	1.8	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	1.7	1.6	1.5	0.7	0.8	1.9	1.0	0.9	1.3	0.1	1.2	1.8	0.0	1.8	
Spinal column	759.8	194.1	565.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	279.4	91.5	187.9	64.8	23.3	41.5	214.6	68.2	146.4	276.4	63.9	212.5	204.0	38.8	165.2	
Upper limbs	435.9	102.8	333.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	152.5	48.2	104.3	35.6	17.7	17.9	116.9	30.5	86.4	150.7	32.7	118.0	132.7	21.8	110.8	
Lower limbs	642.5	186.6	456.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	161.6	70.1	91.5	39.6	21.1	18.4	122.0	49.0	73.1	231.5	66.1	165.4	249.4	50.3	199.1	
Nervous system impairments	501.7	210.6	291.1	9.6	4.5	5.1	235.9	102.8	133.0	89.0	44.4	44.6	146.9	58.4	88.4	142.3	63.0	79.4	113.9	40.2	73.7	
Paralysis of an upper limb	31.3	16.4	14.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.2	8.5	5.7	4.6	3.0	1.6	9.6	5.5	4.1	10.6	5.1	5.4	6.5	2.8	3.6	
Paralysis of a lower limb	36.5	19.0	17.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.8	8.2	7.6	3.2	1.9	1.3	12.5	6.2	6.3	12.6	5.8	6.8	8.1	5.0	3.2	
Paraplegia	26.3	15.1	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.7	9.7	5.9	6.7	4.5	2.2	9.0	5.2	3.7	6.1	3.7	2.4	4.6	1.7	2.9	
Tetraplegia	12.9	8.0	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.1	5.0	2.0	3.9	3.0	0.9	3.2	2.1	1.1	2.8	2.0	0.8	3.0	1.0	2.0	
Motor coordination and/or muscle tone disorders	305.7	117.7	188.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	136.9	51.7	85.1	50.9	21.5	29.4	86.0	30.3	55.7	90.4	40.1	50.2	78.5	25.8	52.6	
Other impairments of the nervous system	110.8	45.8	65.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	59.9	27.6	32.3	23.3	13.5	9.8	36.6	14.2	22.5	28.3	10.5	17.8	22.6	7.6	14.9	
Visceral impairments	587.6	238.0	349.6	11.0	5.8	5.2	166.8	80.7	86.1	34.6	17.8	16.8	132.2	62.9	69.3	231.5	95.1	136.4	178.3	56.3	122.0	
Respiratory system	69.3	43.3	26.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.7	13.2	7.5	4.1	2.5	1.6	16.6	10.7	5.9	30.4	20.4	10.0	18.2	9.7	8.6	
Cardiovascular system	172.1	73.9	98.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	43.2	22.8	20.3	4.8	2.6	2.2	38.3	20.2	18.1	76.7	34.2	42.6	52.3	16.9	35.4	
Digestive system	54.3	22.7	31.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.2	11.4	11.8	6.2	2.2	4.0	17.0	9.3	7.8	16.0	5.3	10.7	15.0	6.0	9.0	
Genitourinary system	220.2	73.9	146.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	43.6	18.5	25.1	10.7	6.2	4.5	32.9	12.3	20.5	89.3	31.8	57.5	87.3	23.6	63.7	
Endocrine-metabolic system	92.8	30.9	61.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	34.7	15.4	19.4	7.9	4.0	3.9	26.9	11.3	15.5	38.6	12.3	26.3	19.5	3.3	16.2	
Haematopoietic system and immune system	26.6	7.2	19.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.8	4.1	10.7	3.5	1.2	2.2	11.3	2.9	8.4	6.3	1.2	5.1	5.6	1.9	3.6	
Other impairments	325.4	91.8	233.6	2.8	2.1	0.8	32.9	11.5	21.4	10.4	6.3	4.1	22.4	5.2	17.3	77.6	24.8	52.7	212.2	53.5	158.7	
Skin	4.5	2.2	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	1.4	1.5	2.3	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.6	0.6	
Multiple impairments	290.7	79.8	210.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	4.8	9.2	2.3	1.4	0.8	11.7	3.3	8.4	70.2	22.8	47.5	206.5	52.3	154.2	
Impairments not classified elsewhere	27.9	7.8	20.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	5.3	10.7	5.9	3.5	2.4	10.1	1.8	8.3	7.1	1.9	5.2	4.8	0.6	4.2	
No data recorded	253.5	120.1	133.4	4.6	3.5	1.0	104.3	59.7	44.7	41.9	28.4	13.5	62.4	31.3	31.1	78.2	32.2	46.0	66.4	24.7	41.7	
Notes:
1) A person may have several original impairments   
  
 2) 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