Table 6
Prevalence of disability types for women and men aged 15 or older, by age group, Canada, 2012 Table 6
Prevalence of disability types for women and men aged 15 or older, by age group, Canada, 2012

Table 6
Prevalence of disability types for women and men aged 15 or older, by age group, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of disability types for women and men aged 15 or older. The information is grouped by Disability type (appearing as row headers), Women and Men, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Disability type	Women	Men
Disability type	percent
Pain-related
15 or older	11.2^Note *	8.2
15 to 64	8.4^Note *	6.3
65 or older	24.8^Note *	19.1
Flexibility
15 or older	8.5^Note *	6.6
15 to 64	6.0^Note *	4.8
65 or older	20.7^Note *	17.6
Mobility
15 or older	8.2^Note *	6.2
15 to 64	5.2^Note *	4.1
65 or older	22.5^Note *	18.3
Dexterity
15 or older	4.0^Note *	3.0
15 to 64	2.7	2.3
65 or older	10.3^Note *	6.8
Hearing
15 or older	3.0^Note *	3.4
15 to 64	1.7	1.9
65 or older	9.1^Note *	12.1
Seeing
15 or older	3.1^Note *	2.4
15 to 64	2.2	1.8
65 or older	7.2^Note *	5.8
Learning
15 or older	2.3	2.2
15 to 64	2.2	2.1
65 or older	2.9	3.3
Memory
15 or older	2.5^Note *	2.0
15 to 64	2.0^Note *	1.5
65 or older	5.0	5.1
Mental health-related
15 or older	4.3^Note *	3.4
15 to 64	4.1^Note *	3.3
65 or older	5.2	4.4
Developmental
15 or older	0.5^Note *	0.7
15 to 64	0.5^Note *	0.8
65 or older	Note F: too unreliable to be published	0.5^{Note E: Use with caution}
Unknown
15 or older	0.3	0.3
15 to 64	0.2	0.2
65 or older	0.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.7^{Note E: Use with caution}
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from men, within age group, at p < 0.05 Return to note * referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2012.

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