Table A - Disablilty Status, by Sex and Age 1991-92
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[Numbers in thousands]

                                                  With a disability

Sex and age                              Total        Not severe      Severe

                            Total   Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

BOTH SEXES

  Total ..................251,796  48,936   19.4   24,819   9.9   24,117    9.6
		       		 					  
Less than 15 years.........56,067   2,913    5.2    2,384   4.3      529    0.9
15 to 64 years............165,040  29,482   17.9   16,311   9.9   13,171    8.0
65 years and over..........30,688  16,541   53.9    6,124  20.0   10,417   34.0
		       		 					  
MALES		       		 					  
		       		 					  
  Total ..................122,692  22,916   18.7   12,987  10.6    9,929    8.1
		       		 					  
Less than 15 years.........28,707   1,876    6.5    1,540   5.4      336    1.2
15 to 64 years.............81,154  14,504   17.9    8,642  10.6    5,862    7.2
65 years and over..........12,831   6,536   50.9    2,805  21.9    3,731   29.1
		       		 					  
FEMALES		       		 					  
		       		 					  
  Total ..................129,104  26,020   20.2   11,833   9.2    14,187  11.0
		       		 					  
Less than 15 years.........27,360   1,038    3.8      846   3.1       192   0.7
15 to 64 years.............83,886  14,978   17.9    7,669   9.1     7,309   8.7
65 years and over..........17,857  10,005   56.0    3,319  18.6     6,686  37.4