Table 2. Characteristics of disabled people, by sex, residence and type of disability, China, 1987 and 2006.
| Characteristic | Malesa |
Femalesa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 (n = 38 701) No. (%) |
2006 (n = 83 342) No. (%) |
1987 (n = 38 662) No. (%) |
2006 (n = 78 137) No. (%) |
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| Age group (years) | |||||
| 0–6 | 1 903 (4.9) | 1 917 (2.3) | 1 619 (4.2) | 1 298 (1.7) | |
| 7–17 | 6 497 (16.8) | 3 840 (4.6) | 5 061 (13.1) | 2 797 (3.6) | |
| 18–44 | 10 236 (26.5) | 18 787 (22.5) | 8 725 (22.6) | 13 824 (17.7) | |
| 45–54 | 3 884 (10.0) | 11 870 (14.2) | 3 668 (9.5) | 9 451 (12.1) | |
| 55–64 | 5 564 (14.4) | 13 380 (16.1) | 5 524 (14.3) | 11 914 (15.3) | |
| 65–74 | 6 302 (16.3) | 17 953 (21.5) | 7 156 (18.5) | 17 831 (22.8) | |
| 75–84 | 3 772 (9.8) | 13 226 (15.9) | 5 728 (14.8) | 16 351 (20.9) | |
| 85+ | 543 (1.4) | 2 369 (2.8) | 1 181 (3.1) | 4 671 (6.0) | |
| Residence | |||||
| Rural | 32 823 (84.8) | 60 316 (72.4) | 32 567 (84.2) | 56 380 (72.2) | |
| Urban | 5 878 (15.2) | 23 026 (27.6) | 6 095 (15.8) | 21 757 (27.8) | |
| Disability typea | |||||
| Visual | 5 950 (15.4) | 12 980 (15.6) | 9 995 (25.9) | 19 541 (25.0) | |
| Hearing and speech | 17 402 (45.0) | 32 987 (39.6) | 17 028 (44.0) | 28 305 (36.2) | |
| Physical | 8 344 (21.6) | 32 279 (38.7) | 6 109 (15.8) | 26 894 (34.4) | |
| Intellectual | 10 474 (27.1) | 10 604 (12.7) | 9 536 (24.7) | 8 614 (11.0) | |
| Mental | 1 774 (4.6) | 7 405 (8.9) | 2 126 (5.5) | 8 523 (10.9) | |
a Percentages may add up to less than 100 because of rounding or to more than 100 because an individual can have several disabilities.