Persons with disabilities, by age group and sex (2006)

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Persons with disabilities, by age group and sex
(2006)

	2006
	Both Sexes		Males		Females
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - all ages	4,417,870	14.3	2,024,700	13.4	2,393,180	15.2
Total - less than 15 years	202,350	3.7	129,210	4.6	73,140	2.7
0 to 4 years	27,540	1.7	17,770	2.1	9,770	1.2
5 to 14 years	174,810	4.6	111,440	5.7	63,370	3.4
Total - 15 years and over	4,215,530	16.6	1,895,480	15.4	2,320,040	17.7
15 to 64 years	2,457,940	11.5	1,151,530	10.9	1,306,410	12.1
15 to 24 years	195,500	4.7	100,940	4.8	94,560	4.7
25 to 44 years	696,530	8.0	326,460	7.7	370,070	8.3
45 to 64 years	1,565,910	18.3	724,130	17.3	841,780	19.3
65 years and over	1,757,590	43.4	743,960	41.3	1,013,630	45.1
65 to 74 years	739,500	33.0	346,720	32.5	392,790	33.5
75 years and over	1,018,090	56.3	397,240	54.0	620,850	57.8
Notes: - The Canada total includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. - The sum of the values for each category may differ from the total due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activitiy Limitation Survey, 2006, Catalogue no. 89-628-x. Last modified: 2009-06-22.

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