Table 4: Comparison of the socio-demographic and health-related characteristics of individuals reporting any learning difficulty, intellectual difficulty and/or a social or behavioural difficulty (LD) in the general population of Northern Ireland: data from the 2007 Northern Ireland Survey on Activity Limitations and Disability and the 2011 Northern Ireland Census.

		Learning difficulty, intellectual difficulty and/or a social or behavioural difficulty (LD)					Standardized differences
		2007 NISALD		2011 Census
		(n=389)		(n=34,401)
		N	%	N	%
Sex	Male	260	66.8	23,108	67.2	0.007
	Female	129	33.2	11,293	32.8
Age	0-15 years	186	47.8	13,530	39.3	0.247
	16-24 years	58	14.9	6,800	19.8
	25-34 years	26	6.7	3,880	11.3
	35-44 years	45	11.6	3,260	9.5
	45-54 years	37	9.5	3,230	9.4
	55+years	36	9.5	3,701	10.7
Region*	Belfast	50	12.9	6,333	18.4	0.181
	Outer Belfast	77	19.8	6,897	20.0
	East	90	23.1	7,959	23.1
	North	80	20.6	5,564	16.2
	West/South	92	23.6	7,379	21.4
Economic activity	Active	40	10.3	5,751	16.7	0.312
	Inactive	127	32.6	13,609	39.6
	Other	36	9.3	1,511	4.4
	Not working age	186	47.8	13,530	39.3
General health*	Very good	92	23.7	7,456	21.7	0.174
	Good	115	29.6	11,505	33.4
	Fair	76	19.5	9,906	28.8
	Bad	33	8.5	3,796	11.0
	Very bad	16	4.1	1,738	5.1
Number of health conditions	One	73	18.8	12,526	36.4	0.444
	Two	84	21.6	7,462	21.7
	Three	67	17.2	5,277	15.3
	Four or more	165	42.4	9,136	26.6