Table 9.

Percentage distribution of work disability benefit allowances by impairment category, for regions of origin

Impairment Category	Americas				Asia				Europe
	CAN	CAR	CAM	SAM	EAS	SCA	SEA	WAS	NE	SE	WE	FSU	OEE	AFR	AUS	US	TER	UNK
Neoplasms	14	10	9	13	21	11	16	11	16	12	13	13	13	11	11	10	5	9
Circulatory	11	13	11	11	10	14	13	13	10	12	10	11	13	12	15	11	9	11
Respiratory	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	3	1	2	2	3	4	2	3
Nervous System	9	7	9	9	10	10	8	8	10	7	9	7	7	9	10	8	7	8
Mental	20	20	11	17	20	20	21	23	20	15	22	34	20	22	14	22	32	20
Infectious and Parasitic	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	<1	<1	3	1	1	1	1
Musculoskeletal	29	30	37	33	22	28	23	30	26	38	28	22	33	25	29	29	33	31
Injuries	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	6
Endocrine/Nutritional/Metabolic	2	3	6	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	5	3	3	4
Other	5	5	8	6	6	6	8	4	6	4	6	3	4	8	8	5	4	6
Unknown	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	17,436	107,474	218,803	38,951	36,905	28,321	72,767	15,564	19,917	36,515	38,818	16,027	28,748	22,001	5,549	7,704,883	216,124	45,727

Notes: CAN: Canada, CAR: the Caribbean, CAM: Central America, SAM: South America, EAS: Eastern Asia, SCA: South Central Asia, SEA: Southeastern Asia, WAS: Western Asia, NE: Northern Europe, SE: Southern Europe, WE: Western Europe, FSU: former Soviet Union, OEE: other Eastern Europe, AFR: Africa, AUS: Australia and other nations in Oceania, US: United States, TER: US territories, UNK: Unknown.

Source: Disability Research File, 2001–2010 applications.