Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health. National results: Absolute figures Average number of disabilities originated per person for each group of impairment, by age and sex. Units: number of disabilities per person Total 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 Total 8.66 7.85 9.19 6.78 7.03 6.55 7.90 8.20 7.52 6.07 6.05 6.08 7.80 7.36 8.06 12.54 10.64 13.31 Mental impairments 11.60 10.40 12.49 9.61 9.51 9.78 10.55 10.19 11.23 7.85 7.89 7.81 11.17 10.61 11.53 14.45 13.27 14.79 Visual impairments 2.45 2.35 2.51 2.19 2.14 2.23 2.07 2.01 2.14 2.25 2.22 2.27 2.51 2.57 2.47 2.63 2.35 2.75 Hearing impairments 1.61 1.61 1.61 1.69 1.72 1.65 1.90 1.92 1.88 1.59 1.63 1.56 1.52 1.50 1.54 1.64 1.62 1.65 Language, speech and voice impairments 2.42 2.35 2.51 2.12 2.21 1.90 2.03 2.03 2.04 2.20 2.33 1.71 2.28 2.37 2.15 2.98 2.74 3.11 Osteoarticular impairments 5.33 4.62 5.61 4.35 4.02 4.54 3.90 3.71 4.06 4.50 4.16 4.68 5.14 4.69 5.30 6.71 5.82 6.93 Nervous system impairments 10.19 10.80 9.75 9.20 10.26 8.37 10.72 11.41 10.04 8.27 9.39 7.53 10.50 11.05 10.07 11.86 11.81 11.90 Visceral impairments 3.66 3.94 3.46 3.49 3.82 3.19 3.70 4.41 2.94 3.44 3.65 3.25 3.63 3.80 3.51 3.84 4.36 3.60 Other impairments 6.27 6.23 6.28 6.43 7.79 5.70 9.21 9.81 8.29 5.14 5.33 5.08 4.76 4.52 4.88 6.79 6.69 6.82 No data recorded 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.10 0.08 0.11 0.64 0.51 0.73 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