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Disabilities

The data is from this website (2020.02.01): https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/sconcerns/disability/statistics/#/activities

Added of the list down below this part

4 Communication 16 Hearing 16 Seeing 5 Self-care 2 Remembering and concentrating 1 Remembering, concentrating or making decisions 1 Remembering and concentrating and making decisions 4 Remembering 2 Concentrating 1 Cognition (remembering, concentration, communication, etc.) 1 Memory 9 Walking and climbing stairs 1 Walking or climbing stairs 3 Walking and moving 3 Mobility 2 Dressing and undressing 1 Dressing and bathing 1 Mental 1 Mental condition 2 Dexterity 1 Learning and understanding 4 Learning 1 Learning and intellectual problems 1 Learning and development of tasks 1 Flexibility 1 Pain 1 Developmental condition 1 Asthma or allergy 1 Anxiety or worries 1 Interpersonal interactions and relationships 1 Usual activities or tasks 1 Independent living 1 Home life 1 Dyslexia or dyscalculia 1 Neuropsychiatric 2 Speaking 1 Lifting and carrying objects

Reordered List

16 Hearing 16 Seeing

4 Communication 2 Speaking

4 Remembering 2 Concentrating 2 Remembering and concentrating 1 Remembering, concentrating or making decisions 1 Remembering and concentrating and making decisions 4 Learning 1 Learning and understanding 1 Learning and intellectual problems 1 Learning and development of tasks 1 Memory 1 Cognition (remembering, concentration, communication, etc.) 1 Dyslexia or dyscalculia

9 Walking and climbing stairs 1 Walking or climbing stairs 3 Walking and moving 3 Mobility 2 Dressing and undressing 1 Dressing and bathing 1 Lifting and carrying objects

1 Mental 1 Mental condition 1 Neuropsychiatric 1 Developmental condition 1 Anxiety or worries 1 Interpersonal interactions and relationships

2 Dexterity 1 Flexibility 1 Pain 1 Asthma or allergy

5 Self-care 1 Home life 1 Independent living 1 Usual activities or tasks

Afghanistan

1. Communication;
2. Hearing;
3. Seeing;
4. Self-care;
5. Remembering and concentrating;
6. Walking and climbing stairs.

Albania

1. Seeing;
2. Hearing;
3. Walking or climbing stairs;
4. Remembering, concentrating or making decisions;
5. Self-care: Daily self-care (wearing, eating, washing, etc.);
6. Communicating (to understand others or vice-versa give and take information).

Argentina

1. Seeing: seeing, even with glasses;
2. Hearing: hearing, even when wearing a hearing aid;
3. Walking and climbing stairs: walking or climbing steps;
4. Dexterity: grabbing objects and / or openning containers with ow hands; or
5. Learning and understanding: understanding and / or learning.

Canada

• Seeing: difficulties seeing with glasses or contact lenses;
• Hearing: difficulties hearing with a hearing aid or cochlear implant;
• Walking and climbing stairs: walking on flat surfaces and using stairs;
• Flexibility: difficulties bending down and picking up an object from the floor; reaching in any direction);
• Dexterity: difficulties using own fingers to grasp small objects like a pencil or scissors;
• Pain: difficulties due to pain;
• Learning: difficulties due to learning disabilities such as dyslexia, hyperactivity, attention problems, etc.;
• Developmental condition: Developmental disability or disorder;
• Mental condition: difficulties dur to emotional, psychological or mental health condition;
• Memory: difficulties due to memory problems or periods of confusion.

Finland

• Seeing,
• Hearing,
• Walking and moving,
• Dressing and undressing (55+),
• Remembering,
• Concentrating (14-16),
• Learning (14-16).

30+:

• Seeing: To read an ordinary newspaper print (with or without glasses);
• Hearing: To hear what is said in a conversation between several people (with or without a hearing aid);
• Walking and moving: To walk about half a kilometre without resting (+ To run a short distance (about 100 metres) + To climb one flight of stairs without resting);
• Dressing and undressing (55+): Dressing and undressing;
• Remembering: memory working.

14-16:

• Seeing: difficulty Seeing (if you wear eyeglasses or contact lenses, evaluate your vision while wearing them);
• Hearing: difficulty Hearing (if you use a hearing aid, evaluate your hearing with your hearing aid on);
• Walking and moving: difficulty Walking a distance of about 500 m, e.g. once around a sports field (if you use an assistive device, evaluate your mobility while using that device);
• Remembering: difficulty Remembering things;
• Learning: difficulty Learning new things;
• Concentrating: difficulty Concentrating on something that you enjoy doing.

Montenegro

1. Seeing: Seeing, despite using glasses;
2. Hearing: Hearing, despite using hearing aids;
3. Walking and climbing stairs: Disability/difficulty with moving (walking, climbing steps, etc.);
4. Cognition: Cognition (remembering, concentration, communication, etc.);
5. Other: Other difficulties.

Netherlands

• Seeing,
• Hearing,
• Mobility.

Norway

1. Seeing;
2. Hearing;
3. Walking and climbing stairs;
4. Self-care. {moderate and severe limitations}

Korea

1. Visual impairment;
2. Hearing impairment;
3. Speech impediment;
4. Dementia;
5. Stroke;
6. Physical constraints including those on walking, stair-climbing, and holding and transporting;
7. Intellectual autistic disability;
8. Mental constraints including mental disease.

Sweden

• Seeing: impaired vision;
• Hearing: impaired hearing;
• Walking and climbing stairs: reduced mobility;
• Asthma or allergy: severe problems of asthma and / or allergy;
• Anxiety or worries: severe problems of anxiety or worry;
• Usual activities or tasks: strongly limited due to limitation in activities because of health problems;
• Dyslexia or dyscalculia: severe problems due to dyslexia and/or dyscalculia;
• Neuropsychiatric: neuropsychiatric diagnosis.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Seeing,
• Hearing,
• Speaking,
• Mobility,
• Learning,
• Remembering.

For those aged 16+ the APS was used for the categories

• Seeing (Difficulty in seeing),
• Hearing (Difficulty in hearing),
• Speaking (Speech impediment),
• Mobility (Arms,hands/Legs or feet/Back or neck),
• Learning (Learning difficulties).

FRS used for Remembering all ages. Children's prevalence of

• Seeing,
• Hearing,
• Mobility and
• Learning derived from FRS.

United States of America

• Seeing: blind or having serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses;
• Hearing: deaf or having serious difficulty hearing;
• Walking and climbing stairs (ages 5+): serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs;
• Dressing and bathing (ages 5+): difficulty dressing or bathing;
• Remembering and concentrating and making decisions (ages 5+): serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions;
• Independent living (ages 15+): difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping.

Turkey

• Seeing (data collected for population 0+) = difficulty in seeing (even if you use glasses or contact lenses);
• Hearing (0+) = difficulty in hearing (even if you use hearing aid);
• Speaking (3+) = difficulty in speaking such as speech impairment, lalopathy, stammering, etc.;
• Walking and climbing stairs (3+) = difficulty in walking or climbing stairs;
• Lifting and carrying objects (3+) = difficulty in holding or lifting something;
• Learning and intellectual problems (3+) = difficulty in learning, doing simple calculations, remembering and concentrating when compared to their peers.

Spain

Types of disabilities for population 6 years and over:

1. Seeing: Sight;
2. Hearing: Hear;
3. Communication: Communicate;
4. Learning and development of tasks: Learn, apply knowledge and develop tasks (only mental functions);
5. Mobility: Get around + Use arms and hands + Get around outside the home;
6. Self-care: Care for oneself;
7. Home life: Perform housework (population 10 years and over);
8. Interpersonal interactions and relationships: Relate to other persons.

Portugal

1. Seeing = difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses or contact lenses;
2. Hearing = difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid;
3. Walking and climbing stairs = difficulty walking or climbing stairs;
4. Remembering and concentrating = difficulty remembering or concentrating;
5. Self-care = difficulty having a bath or getting dressed on one's own;
6. Communication = difficulty understanding others or being understood by others.