Table 3.
Distribution of the number of disabilities by types of disabilities of the surveyed children aged 6 – 12 years in Egypt
| Type of Disability | Multiple disabilities | One disability | Total | Boys Vs. Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number surveyed | 648 (3.2) | 1216 (6.0) | 20,324 | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | COR (CI) | |
| Visual (total) | 49 | 7.6 | 101 | 8.3 | 150 | 0.7 | |
| Boys | 25 | 3.9 | 48 | 3.9 | 73 | 0.3 | 1.2 (0.6–2.3) |
| Girls | 24 | 3.7 | 53 | 4.4 | 77 | 0.4 | |
| Hearing (total) | 52 | 8.0 | 34 | 2.8 | 86 | 0.4 | |
| Boys | 40 | 6.2 | 23 | 1.9 | 63 | 0.3 | 1.1 (0.6–2.3) |
| Girls | 12 | 1.9 | 11 | 0.9 | 23 | 0.1 | |
| Speech/ Communication (total) | 489 | 75.5 | 271 | 22.3 | 760 | 3.7 | |
| Boys | 315 | 48.6 | 172 | 14.1 | 487 | 2.4 | 1.0 (0.8–1.4) |
| Girls | 174 | 26.9 | 99 | 8.1 | 273 | 1.3 | |
| Mobility/ Physical (total) | 315 | 48.6 | 129 | 10.6 | 444 | 2.2 | |
| Boys | 207 | 31.9 | 77 | 6.3 | 284 | 1.4 | 1.3 (0.8–2.0) |
| Girls | 108 | 16.7 | 52 | 4.3 | 160 | 0.8 | |
| Learning/ Comprehension (total) | 494 | 76.2 | 352 | 28.9 | 846 | 4.2 | |
| Boys | 317 | 48.9 | 221 | 18.2 | 538 | 2.7 | 1.1 (0.8–1.4) |
| Girls | 177 | 27.3 | 131 | 10.8 | 308 | 1.5 | |
| Intellectual impairment (total) | 276 | 42.6 | 27 | 2.2 | 303 | 1.5 | |
| Boys | 193 | 29.8 | 15 | 1.2 | 208 | 1.0 | 1.9 (0.8–4.1) |
| Girls | 83 | 12.8 | 12 | 1.0 | 95 | 0.5 | |
| Seizures (total) | 137 | 21.1 | 302 | 24.8 | 439 | 2.2 | |
| Boys | 92 | 14.2 | 161 | 13.2 | 253 | 1.3 | 1.8 (1.2–2.7)** |
| Girls | 45 | 6.9 | 141 | 11.6 | 186 | 0.9 | |
* = p-value significant at < 0.05, ** = p-value highly sig at < 0.01
CI Confidence Interval, COR Crude Odds Ratio