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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
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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
- Communication;
- Hearing;
- Seeing;
- Self-care;
- Remembering and concentrating;
- Walking and climbing stairs.
Albania
- Seeing;
- Hearing;
- Walking or climbing stairs;
- Remembering, concentrating or making decisions;
- Self-care: Daily self-care (wearing, eating, washing, etc.);
- Communicating (to understand others or vice-versa give and take information).
Argentina
- Seeing: seeing, even with glasses;
- Hearing: hearing, even when wearing a hearing aid;
- Walking and climbing stairs: walking or climbing steps;
- Dexterity: grabbing objects and / or openning containers with ow hands; or
- 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
- Seeing: Seeing, despite using glasses;
- Hearing: Hearing, despite using hearing aids;
- Walking and climbing stairs: Disability/difficulty with moving (walking, climbing steps, etc.);
- Cognition: Cognition (remembering, concentration, communication, etc.);
- Other: Other difficulties.
Netherlands
- Seeing,
- Hearing,
- Mobility.
Norway
- Seeing;
- Hearing;
- Walking and climbing stairs;
- Self-care. {moderate and severe limitations}
Korea
- Visual impairment;
- Hearing impairment;
- Speech impediment;
- Dementia;
- Stroke;
- Physical constraints including those on walking, stair-climbing, and holding and transporting;
- Intellectual autistic disability;
- 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:
- Seeing: Sight;
- Hearing: Hear;
- Communication: Communicate;
- Learning and development of tasks: Learn, apply knowledge and develop tasks (only mental functions);
- Mobility: Get around + Use arms and hands + Get around outside the home;
- Self-care: Care for oneself;
- Home life: Perform housework (population 10 years and over);
- Interpersonal interactions and relationships: Relate to other persons.
Portugal
- Seeing = difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses or contact lenses;
- Hearing = difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid;
- Walking and climbing stairs = difficulty walking or climbing stairs;
- Remembering and concentrating = difficulty remembering or concentrating;
- Self-care = difficulty having a bath or getting dressed on one's own;
- Communication = difficulty understanding others or being understood by others.