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