Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health. National results: Absolute figures
Population with hearing impairments, who use sign language, by age and sex.
Units: thousands of persons 6 years old and over

	Both sexes	Males	Females	
Total	13.3	7.0	6.3	
6 to 64 years old	11.6	6.1	5.5	
65 to 79 years old	1.3	0.8	0.5	
80 years old and over	0.4	0.0	0.4	
Notes:
1) The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 5 thousand persons must  be viewed with caution, because it may be affected by  large sampling errors. 
Source: National Statistics Institute