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. 2015 Oct;44(10):1436–1437.

Table 1:

Disability prevalence according to age, gender and type of disability

Age (yr) Prevalence per 10000 population(men/women) Seeing (men/women) Hearing (men/women) Physical (men/women) Intellectual (men/women)
0–4 35(39/31) 3(3/3) 3(4/3) 19(20/17) 12(14/11)
5–9 83(95/70) 5(5/5) 8(8/7) 36(41/31) 38(44/32)
10–14 100(116/83) 6(7/6) 9(10/8) 41(47/34) 52(61/43)
15–19 112(138/85) 7(8/6) 11(13/10) 47(60/33) 58(70/46)
20–24 118(151/85) 7(8/5) 11(13/10) 53(73/33) 59(72/45)
25–29 120(154/85) 7(8/5) 11(12/10) 59(83/36) 54(66/43)
30–34 129(166/91) 7(9/5) 11(11/10) 71(99/43) 51(61/41)
35–39 134(173/94) 8(11/6) 11(11/10) 83(115/49) 44(53/35)
40–44 155(214/96) 10(13/7) 13(15/10) 104(154/53) 42(53/31)
45–49 171(247/95) 13(18/9) 14(18/11) 123(191/55) 39(52/26)
50–54 160(218/101) 16(21/12) 15(18/12) 112(162/62) 32(41/23)
55–59 162(211/115) 21(26/16) 14(17/12) 117(157/78) 27(34/19)
60–64 187(233/146) 31(35/26) 16(19/13) 135(173/102) 25(30/21)
65–69 247(268/227) 41(48/35) 23(24/22) 199(198/200) 25(32/19)
70–74 321(345/297) 57(65/50) 29(34/25) 245(255/235) 32(33/31)
75 < 529(539/519) 116(127/105) 76(85/67) 374(362/387) 54(53/55)
missing 98(114/73) 4(3/6) 5(3/8) 34(39/26) 70(88/42)
Total 135(168/102) 13(15/10) 13(14/11) 80(103/56) 44(53/35)