Table 1
Prevalence of modifications to residence, by type of modification and use of wheeled mobility device, household population aged 15 or older with a disability, Canada, 2012

Table 1
Prevalence of modifications to residence, by type of modification and use of wheeled mobility device, household population aged 15 or older with a disability, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of modifications to residence. The information is grouped by Type of modification (appearing as row headers), Wheeled mobility device users (n = 288,800), All persons with a disability (n = 2,917,530), Total, Wheelchair, Mobility scooter, %, 95% confidence interval, Manual and Power, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of modification Wheeled mobility device users (n = 288,800) All persons with a disability (n = 2,917,530)
Total Wheelchair Mobility scooter
% 95% confidence interval Manual Power % 95% confidence interval
from to % from to
Ramp/Ground-level access 49.4 47.2 51.1 46.7 67.6 56.8 19.1 18.7 19.4
Widen doors 36.8 35.0 38.5 40.3 51.2 32.6Note E: Use with caution 11.9 11.5 12.3
Walk-in bath/shower 30.7 29.0 32.0 32.7 38.5Note E: Use with caution 29.6 19.8 19.4 20.2
Easy-open doors 28.1 26.9 29.5 28.8 34.7Note E: Use with caution 28.0Note E: Use with caution 14.1 13.8 14.4
Lift/Elevator 27.1 25.7 28.5 28.0 40.8Note E: Use with caution 24.8Note E: Use with caution 9.0 8.7 9.3
Lower counters 11.4 10.7 12.2 12.3 25.0Note E: Use with caution 10.8Note E: Use with caution 4.5 4.3 4.6
E use with caution
Source: 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability.

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