Table 3.

 Handicap parameters according to living status. Psychiatric dependence is defined as partially incoherent and sometime disorientated, totally incoherent, or always disorientated. Activities of daily living: self washing, dressing, using the restroom, getting out of a bed or a seat, controlling sphincters, eating meals already prepared

	Citizens living at home (n = 57 431 807)	Citizens in institutions (n = 693 245)	All (OR) (n = 58 125 052)
Daily difficulties (mental, physical, intellectual, sensory)	31.7%	92.2%	32.4%
Colvez mobility index
Restricted to bed	0.2%	19.0%	0.5%
Help for toilet	1.8%	31.5%	2.2%
Help to go outside	1.4%	19.5%	1.6%
None of these assistance	96.6%	30.0%	95.8%
Long term institution index
Psychiatrically dependent
Restricted to bed	0.2%	16.4%	0.4%
Help for toilet	0.6%	22.7%	0.9%
Help to go outside	0.4%	7.5%	0.5%
None of these assistance	8.3%	3.2%	8.2%
Not psychiatrically dependent
Restricted to bed	0.1%	2.6%	0.1%
Help for toilet	1.2%	8.8%	1.3%
Help to go outside	1.0%	12.0%	1.1%
None of these assistance	88.3%	26.9%	87.5%
Katz (activities of daily living)
A Independent for the 6 activities	97.1%	46.2%	96.4%
B Dependent for only one activities	1.8%	9.8%	1.9%
C Dependent for 2 activities, including the first	0.4%	6.5%	0.5%
D Dependent for 3 activities, including the 2 first	0.2%	4.1%	0.2%
E Dependent for 4 activities, including the 3 first	0.2%	6.0%	0.2%
F Dependent for 5 activities, including the 4 first	0.1%	10.2%	0.3%
G Dependent for the 6 activities	0.1%	7.8%	0.2%
H Dependent for at least 2 activities, but neither C, D, E, nor F	0.1%	9.4%	0.2%
Handicaps
Auditory	7.1%	16.8%	7.2% (2.66)
Low vision	2.0%	13.4%	2.1% (table 4)
Blind	0.1%	1.6%	0.1% (table 4)
Brain	6.4%	40.9%	6.8% (10.17)
Motor	12.9%	56.8%	13.4% (8.86)
Speech	0.9%	5.9%	1.0% (6.59)
Visceral	8.7%	25.0%	8.9% (3.49)
Other	18.9%	26.3%	19.0% (1.53)