European Health Survey  
LIMITATIONS OF ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLs)
Difficulty in carrying out ADLs, according to type of activity, sex and size of the municipality of residence. Population aged 16 years old and over
Units: percentage

	Feeding oneself					Sitting, standing up from a chair or from a bed, lying down					Dressing and undressing oneself					Using the lavatory					Showering or washing oneself (whole body)					
	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	
Both sexes	
    Total	100.00	98.04	1.16	0.30	0.50	100.00	94.71	3.38	0.93	0.98	100.00	95.01	2.81	0.93	1.25	100.00	96.77	1.66	0.58	1.00	100.00	94.70	2.39	0.84	2.07	
    Less than or equal to 10,000 inhabitants	100.00	97.79	1.24	0.45	0.52	100.00	92.99	4.63	1.12	1.25	100.00	93.37	3.77	1.22	1.63	100.00	95.70	2.29	0.86	1.15	100.00	92.70	3.24	1.13	2.93	
    10,001 to 50,000 inhabitants	100.00	97.83	1.25	0.16	0.76	100.00	94.53	3.44	0.90	1.13	100.00	94.71	2.89	0.96	1.44	100.00	96.55	1.73	0.58	1.14	100.00	94.68	2.18	1.02	2.11	
    50,001 to 100,000 inhabitants	100.00	98.45	1.05	0.23	0.27	100.00	96.04	2.66	0.72	0.57	100.00	95.90	2.34	0.82	0.95	100.00	97.67	1.11	0.43	0.79	100.00	95.90	2.20	0.43	1.47	
    100,001 to 400,000 inhabitants	100.00	98.32	0.96	0.26	0.47	100.00	95.37	2.88	0.89	0.86	100.00	96.06	2.20	0.74	1.00	100.00	97.43	1.39	0.39	0.79	100.00	95.57	2.20	0.71	1.52	
    Greater than or equal to 400,001 inhabitants	100.00	98.01	1.25	0.44	0.31	100.00	95.16	3.00	0.96	0.87	100.00	95.40	2.66	0.89	1.05	100.00	96.85	1.55	0.58	1.02	100.00	95.09	2.09	0.68	2.13	
Male	
    Total	100.00	98.41	0.98	0.24	0.37	100.00	96.51	2.10	0.74	0.65	100.00	96.39	1.92	0.78	0.91	100.00	97.76	1.12	0.47	0.65	100.00	96.40	1.60	0.67	1.33	
    Less than or equal to 10,000 inhabitants	100.00	98.63	0.77	0.35	0.25	100.00	95.09	3.31	1.04	0.56	100.00	95.28	2.73	0.97	1.01	100.00	97.19	1.71	0.66	0.44	100.00	94.67	2.69	0.95	1.69	
    10,001 to 50,000 inhabitants	100.00	97.92	1.27	0.23	0.57	100.00	96.41	1.91	0.76	0.92	100.00	96.11	1.94	0.79	1.16	100.00	97.58	1.09	0.55	0.78	100.00	96.40	1.32	0.89	1.39	
    50,001 to 100,000 inhabitants	100.00	98.74	0.82	0.20	0.24	100.00	97.61	1.46	0.60	0.33	100.00	97.14	1.46	0.83	0.58	100.00	98.52	0.53	0.51	0.44	100.00	97.63	1.16	0.36	0.85	
    100,001 to 400,000 inhabitants	100.00	98.65	0.79	0.25	0.31	100.00	97.19	1.79	0.47	0.55	100.00	97.32	1.40	0.54	0.74	100.00	98.21	0.91	0.35	0.54	100.00	97.11	1.41	0.60	0.88	
    Greater than or equal to 400,001 inhabitants	100.00	98.33	1.14	0.14	0.40	100.00	96.72	1.79	0.80	0.69	100.00	96.45	1.90	0.79	0.86	100.00	97.59	1.13	0.26	1.01	100.00	96.68	1.29	0.33	1.71	
Female	
    Total	100.00	97.69	1.33	0.36	0.62	100.00	92.98	4.61	1.11	1.29	100.00	93.69	3.66	1.08	1.57	100.00	95.81	2.18	0.68	1.33	100.00	93.07	3.15	1.00	2.79	
    Less than or equal to 10,000 inhabitants	100.00	96.94	1.72	0.56	0.79	100.00	90.87	5.97	1.20	1.95	100.00	91.44	4.82	1.48	2.26	100.00	94.19	2.86	1.07	1.88	100.00	90.70	3.79	1.32	4.18	
    10,001 to 50,000 inhabitants	100.00	97.73	1.24	0.09	0.94	100.00	92.65	4.96	1.05	1.34	100.00	93.32	3.85	1.12	1.72	100.00	95.52	2.37	0.61	1.50	100.00	92.97	3.05	1.16	2.83	
    50,001 to 100,000 inhabitants	100.00	98.16	1.28	0.26	0.30	100.00	94.50	3.85	0.84	0.81	100.00	94.67	3.20	0.81	1.31	100.00	96.84	1.69	0.34	1.13	100.00	94.19	3.23	0.50	2.08	
    100,001 to 400,000 inhabitants	100.00	98.01	1.12	0.26	0.62	100.00	93.66	3.92	1.28	1.14	100.00	94.86	2.97	0.93	1.24	100.00	96.69	1.85	0.44	1.02	100.00	94.11	2.95	0.81	2.13	
    Greater than or equal to 400,001 inhabitants	100.00	97.73	1.34	0.70	0.23	100.00	93.82	4.04	1.10	1.04	100.00	94.49	3.31	0.97	1.22	100.00	96.21	1.92	0.84	1.03	100.00	93.73	2.79	0.99	2.50	
Notes:
1) ADL= (Basic) Activities of Daily Living
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero
 The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error.
Source: National Statistics Institute