Prevalence of disability among adults aged 15 years and over, by type of disability, Canada, 20011

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Type of disability2 Number of adults Percentage of adults
Hearing 1,038,140 4.4
Seeing 594,350 2.5
Speech 362,720 1.5
Mobility 2,451,570 10.5
Agility 2,276,980 9.7
Pain 2,376,730 10.1
Learning 451,420 1.9
Memory 420,750 1.8
Developmental 120,140 0.5
Psychological 522,950 2.2
Unknown 96,180 0.4
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 sum of the categories is greater than the population with disabilities because persons could report more than one type of disability.
Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001.