Severity of disability among children aged 0 to 14 years with disabilities, by age groups, Canada, 2001

Degree of severity	Age groups
	Total		0 to 4²years		5 to 14 years
	Number of children	Percentage of children	Number of children	Percentage of children	Number of children	Percentage of children
Mild to moderate	103,770	57.4	15,080	57.5	88,690	57.3
Mild	…	…	…	…	49,730	32.1
Moderate	…	…	…	…	38,960	25.2
Severe to very severe	77,160	42.6	11,130	42.5	66,030	42.7
Severe	…	…	…	…	39,480	25.5
Very severe	…	…	…	…	26,550	17.2
... Not applicable
1. The Canada total excludes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The sum of the values for each category may differ from the total due to rounding.
2. The severity scale for children aged 0 to 4 is divided into only two groups, mild to moderate and severe to very severe.
Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001.