Table 1.4.A
Persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by age group and disability type, 2017 and 2022


Table 1.4.A
Persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by age group and disability type, 2017 and 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over. The information is grouped by Age group and disability type (appearing as row headers), 2022, 2017, percent and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Age group and disability type 2022 2017
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
lower upper lower upper
15 to 24 years
Pain-related 6.7Note * 6.2 7.3 4.4 4.0 4.7
Flexibility 2.0 1.7 2.3 1.7 1.5 2.0
Mobility 2.0Note * 1.7 2.3 1.6 1.4 1.8
Mental health-related 13.6Note * 13.0 14.2 7.8 7.4 8.3
Seeing 4.3Note * 3.9 4.7 2.4 2.1 2.6
Hearing 1.5Note * 1.2 1.7 0.9 0.7 1.0
Learning 9.2Note * 8.6 9.8 5.5 5.1 5.9
Dexterity 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.3
Memory 4.0Note * 3.6 4.4 2.5 2.2 2.8
Developmental 3.8Note * 3.4 4.1 2.4 2.2 2.7
Unknown 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6
25 to 64 years
Pain-related 15.2Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 14.8 15.7 13.5Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 13.1 13.9
Flexibility 8.6Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 8.2 9.0 8.2Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 7.9 8.6
Mobility 7.6Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 7.3 7.9 7.3Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 7.0 7.6
Mental health-related 11.1Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 10.7 11.5 7.6 7.3 7.9
Seeing 6.7Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 6.4 7.1 4.9Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 4.6 5.2
Hearing 3.9Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 3.6 4.2 3.6Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 3.3 3.8
Learning 5.3Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 5.0 5.6 3.8Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 3.6 4.0
Dexterity 3.7Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 3.5 4.0 3.5Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 3.3 3.8
Memory 4.5Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 4.3 4.8 3.6Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 3.3 3.8
Developmental 1.4Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 1.2 1.6 1.0Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 0.9 1.2
Unknown 0.7Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6
65 years and over
Pain-related 27.6Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 26.8 28.5 26.2Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 25.4 27.1
Flexibility 23.7Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 22.9 24.6 22.8Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 22.0 23.6
Mobility 25.5 Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 24.6 26.4 24.1Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 23.3 24.9
Mental health-related 6.1Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 5.6 6.7 5.4Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 4.9 5.9
Seeing 11.4Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 10.7 12.1 9.7Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 9.1 10.5
Hearing 13.6Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 12.8 14.4 12.2Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 11.4 13.0
Learning 4.1Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 3.6 4.5 3.3Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 3.0 3.7
Dexterity 11.3Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 10.6 12.1 10.9Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 10.3 11.6
Memory 6.6Note * Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 6.0 7.2 5.4Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 4.9 6.0
Developmental 0.6Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 0.4 0.7 0.5Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 0.4 0.7
Unknown 1.2Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 0.9 1.5 0.8Table 1.4.A Note ‡ 0.6 1.0
Note *

significantly different from 2017 estimate in the same age group (p < 0.05)

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Note ‡

significantly different from estimate for persons aged 15 to 24 years in the same reference year (p < 0.05)

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Note: The sum of the values for each category may differ from the total due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017 and 2022.
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