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. 2013 Jul;103(7):1278–1286. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301115

TABLE 1—

Crude Prevalence of Disability Among Adults Aged 18 Years or Older, by Household Wealth Quintile: World Health Survey, 2002–2004

Country Overall, Prevalence (SE) Q1, Prevalence (SE) Q2, Prevalence (SE) Q3, Prevalence (SE) Q4, Prevalence (SE) Q5, Prevalence (SE)
Low-income countries
 Bangladesh 25.8 (1.2) 33.4 (2.2) 29.9 (2.2) 27.8 (1.9) 22.8 (1.9) 16.0 (1.5)
 Burkina Faso 9.7 (0.9) 9.7 (1.7) 11.1 (1.7) 8.4 (1.1) 10.5 (1.7) 8.2 (1.2)
 Chad 16.7 (1.1) 26.5 (2.6) 19.1 (1.7) 15.4 (1.9) 15.2 (1.7) 11.2 (1.4)
 Congo 24.2 (3.7) 37.5 (10.3) 32.4 (4.8) 28.8 (5.6) 18.7 (4.5) 14.4 (4.1)
 Cote d’Ivoire 13.3 (1.1) 13.4 (1.9) 17.1 (2.0) 16.5 (2.1) 12.5 (1.5) 9.6 (2.0)
 Ethiopia 14.3 (0.9) 17.8 (1.7) 17.7 (1.6) 18.2 (1.5) 11.8 (1.3) 7.5 (1.3)
 Ghana 8.8 (0.6) 11.3 (1.2) 10.9 (1.3) 10.0 (1.3) 8.1 (1.2) 6.0 (1.0)
 India 22.1 (1.1) 28.4 (1.8) 24.2 (2.0) 20.8 (1.5) 20.5 (1.4) 16.3 (1.6)
 Kenya 8.5 (0.8) 13.4 (1.9) 13.7 (2.0) 8.3 (1.3) 5.1 (1.1) 6.9 (1.9)
 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 5.3 (0.5) 6.1 (1.6) 6.1 (1.1) 5.8 (1.0) 4.0 (0.8) 4.6 (1.0)
 Malawi 10.9 (1.1) 13.8 (1.7) 12.7 (1.8) 10.8 (1.3) 7.8 (1.2) 9.1 (1.7)
 Mauritania 20.0 (1.4) 24.4 (2.9) 27.3 (3.6) 23.2 (2.8) 20.9 (2.1) 13.6 (1.7)
 Myanmar 4.8 (0.5) 6.2 (1.1) 6.1 (0.9) 4.7 (0.8) 3.1 (0.6) 4.3 (0.7)
 Nepal 17.1 (0.8) 23.2 (2.1) 18.1 (1.4) 17.6 (1.3) 16.6 (1.3) 12.3 (1.0)
 Pakistan 10.4 (0.8) 10.4 (1.5) 10.7 (1.3) 10.8 (1.4) 11.5 (1.6) 8.1 (1.2)
 Vietnam 4.6 (0.7) 8.5 (1.9) 5.4 (1.1) 6.1 (1.4) 2.0 (0.7) 2.6 (0.8)
 Zambia 11.1 (1.0) 17.5 (2.0) 12.4 (1.7) 12.2 (1.9) 9.0 (1.6) 4.7 (1.0)
 Zimbabwe 12.0 (0.9) 13.8 (1.8) 16.5 (1.9) 13.8 (1.7) 10.5 (1.4) 7.8 (1.2)
Lower middle-income countries
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.2 (1.9) 29.0 (4.4) 18.5 (3.6) 16.9 (4.2) 13.3 (3.1) 9.4 (2.9)
 China 6.8 (1.1) 13.1 (2.9) 7.9 (1.0) 7.5 (1.8) 5.6 (1.5) 1.6 (0.6)
 Dominican Republic 9.2 (0.7) 9.6 (1.6) 10.2 (1.5) 8.1 (1.4) 9.5 (1.6) 9.1 (1.3)
 Ecuador 11.0 (0.8) 16.4 (2.0) 9.9 (1.4) 11.0 (1.9) 9.2 (1.4) 8.0 (1.1)
 Georgia 18.8 (1.3) 33.5 (2.9) 21.7 (2.6) 17.5 (2.4) 16.8 (2.3) 11.4 (1.3)
 Kazakhstan 13.3 (1.4) 16.5 (2.2) 13.5 (2.1) 16.6 (4.1) 14.9 (2.5) 5.9 (1.4)
 Morocco 25.7 (1.2) 36.3 (2.4) 23.4 (2.9) 23.1 (2.2) 26.7 (2.8) 22.0 (2.1)
 Namibia 18.4 (1.6) 30.5 (2.8) 18.4 (2.2) 19.5 (2.5) 11.8 (1.8) 9.1 (1.8)
 Paraguay 8.1 (0.4) 10.9 (1.1) 8.1 (0.9) 8.6 (1.0) 8.9 (1.0) 5.7 (0.8)
 Philippines 25.4 (1.4) 33.6 (2.0) 31.3 (2.2) 27.9 (1.9) 21.6 (1.6) 16.6 (1.6)
 Russian Federation 28.1 (1.6) 49.0 (2.9) 32.4 (3.0) 27.8 (3.2) 14.7 (1.9) 14.4 (4.1)
 South Africa 20.0 (1.8) 33.5 (4.4) 21.2 (2.9) 17.8 (2.7) 15.5 (2.3) 7.4 (2.1)
 Sri Lanka 10.4 (0.9) 17.5 (1.9) 14.2 (1.5) 10.6 (1.4) 10.1 (1.3) 6.8 (1.0)
 Tunisia 13.5 (0.8) 21.3 (2.1) 15.8 (1.6) 12.8 (1.3) 12.5 (1.3) 7.2 (1.1)
 Ukraine 19.0 (1.4) 31.5 (3.4) 21.4 (2.8) 17.2 (2.2) 16.7 (2.5) 11.0 (1.6)
Upper middle-income countries
 Brazil 17.2 (0.7) 21.6 (1.7) 20.6 (1.4) 19.1 (1.5) 14.9 (1.3) 11.5 (1.3)
 Croatia 20.4 (1.7) 47.4 (4.7) 27.5 (4.0) 19.4 (3.4) 14.3 (3.0) 8.7 (2.2)
 Czech Republic 15.2 (1.7) 29.0 (4.7) 16.6 (4.6) 17.8 (3.6) 7.5 (2.4) 5.2 (2.4)
 Estonia 14.5 (1.3) 28.4 (3.4) 22.0 (2.6) 16.2 (2.6) 5.6 (1.5) 1.6 (1.0)
 Latvia 22.5 (1.7) 40.7 (4.6) 26.2 (3.8) 25.6 (3.9) 13.5 (2.9) 9.1 (2.1)
 Malaysia 3.3 (0.4) 8.4 (1.4) 4.0 (1.0) 2.6 (0.6) 1.7 (0.4) 1.1 (0.4)
 Mauritius 11.7 (0.8) 21.5 (2.0) 15.5 (1.6) 10.4 (1.3) 9.4 (1.2) 4.8 (1.0)
 Mexico 6.1 (0.2) 6.6 (0.4) 7.0 (0.4) 6.5 (0.4) 6.3 (0.4) 4.4 (0.4)
 Uruguay 5.4 (0.5) 10.2 (1.7) 7.3 (1.4) 5.4 (1.1) 4.2 (0.8) 2.4 (0.4)
High-income countries
 Finland 6.4 (0.8) 11.3 (2.3) 6.8 (1.8) 8.7 (2.1) 3.4 (1.3) 2.9 (1.2)
 Ireland 4.1 (1.0) 9.1 (2.6) 3.2 (2.0) 2.4 (1.3) 3.5 (1.5) 3.8 (2.6)
 Luxembourg 11.1 (1.3) 19.6 (3.6) 16.1 (3.2) 9.2 (2.5) 5.3 (2.0) 4.7 (1.9)
 Portugal 14.3 (1.4) 44.6 (4.2) 18.3 (3.3) 10.5 (2.3) 10.0 (2.5) 4.7 (1.5)
 Spain 12.8 (0.6) 36.4 (1.8) 19.1 (1.6) 13.3 (1.2) 6.9 (0.9) 3.6 (0.7)
 Sweden 17.8 (2.5) 23.6 (4.8) 31.7 (3.8) 20.1 (4.9) 11.6 (3.3) 11.0 (3.2)
 United Arab Emirates 5.6 (1.0) 7.9 (3.2) 7.9 (2.2) 6.0 (1.8) 4.3 (1.8) 3.5 (1.2)

Note. Countries were grouped into income groups according to the World Development Report, 2005.19