Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health. National results: Relative figures Percentage of persons with hearing impairments, who use sign language, by age and sex Units: percentage ,Both sexes,Males,Females, Total,1.25,1.53,1.04, 6 to 64 years old,3.83,3.83,3.83, 65 to 79 years old,0.36,0.50,0.24, 80 years old and over,0.09,0.00,0.14, 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