Table 3. People with disability, prevalence of disability (weighted and age-standardized) and average annual percentage change in prevalence, by sex, residence and disability type, China, 1987–2006.
| Characteristic | People with disability (millions) |
Weighted prevalence (%) |
Age-standardized prevalence (%) |
AAPC (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 2006 | 1987 | 2006 | 1987 | 2006 | ||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 26.3 | 43.6 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.5) | ||
| Female | 26.4 | 41.0 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | −1.5 (−1.7 to −1.3) | ||
| Residence | |||||||||
| Rural | 44.4 | 63.5 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) | ||
| Urban | 8.3 | 21.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.7 | −3.9 (−4.3 to −3.5) | ||
| Disability typea | |||||||||
| Visual | 11.0 | 17.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | −3.7 (−4.4 to −2.9) | ||
| Hearing and speech | 23.5 | 32.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | −4.6 (−4.9 to −4.2) | ||
| Physical | 9.6 | 30.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 11.2 (10.5 to 11.9) | ||
| Intellectual | 13.7 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | −7.1 (−7.8 to −6.5) | ||
| Mental | 2.6 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 13.3 (10.7 to 16.2) | ||
| Total | 52.7 | 84.6 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | −0.5 (−0.7 to −0.4) | ||
AAPC, average annual percentage change; CI, confidence interval.
a The numbers of people with each disability may not add up to the total given because multiple disabilities in a single individual were counted separately.