National disability survey, 2006 First results

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National disability survey, 2006First results
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National disability survey, 2006First results

• Siobhán Carey
• Assistant Director General, Social and
  Demographic Statistics
• Central Statistics Office
• 23rd October 2008

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Background

• 2006 Census included questions on disability
• The National Disability Survey - a Census
  follow-up
• Collaborative effort - Consultative Group
• 16,000 people interviewed
• 9 types of disability
• broader than in census
• thresholds of severity

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9 Disability types

• Seeing
• Hearing
• Speech
• Mobility and dexterity
• Remembering and concentrating
• Intellectual and learning
• Emotional, psychological and mental health
• Pain
• Breathing

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NDS thresholds for disability
Level of difficulty in every day activities Level of difficulty in every day activities Level of difficulty in every day activities Level of difficulty in every day activities Level of difficulty in every day activities
Disability type No difficulty Just a little A moderate level A lot of difficulty Cannot do at all
Seeing ? ? ?
Hearing ? ? ?
Speech ? ? ?
Mobility dexterity ? ? ?
Remembering concentrating ? ? ?
Intellectual learning ? ? ? ?
Emotional, psychological, mental health ? ? ? ?
Pain ? ? ?
Breathing ? ? ?
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Content

• Profile of people with a disability
• Profile of people with each disability type
• Illustrative population groups
• People aged 75 and over with a disability
• Children with a disability
• People with disabilities living in nursing homes,
  hospitals and childrens homes
• Prevalence of disability in population as a whole
• Questions

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People with a disability

• 52 female and 48 male
• Intellectual learning (61 males)
• Speech (54 males)
• 22 aged 75 and over (but only 5 of population)
• 11 are children aged 0-17 (25 of population)
• 8 are resident in nursing homes, hospitals or
  childrens homes
• 92 resident in private household

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People with a disability

• Most commonly reported disabilities
• Mobility dexterity 56
• Pain 47
• Remembering concentrating 35
• Emotional psychological mental health 34
• Severity of disability
• Cannot do at all 24
• A lot of difficulty 43
• Moderate or lower 33

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People with a disability disability type
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People with a Seeing disability

• 58 female, 42 male
• 36 of all persons with a Seeing disability are
  aged 75 and over
• 40 reported a lot of difficulty and 5 were
  unable to see at all
• Older people more severe difficulty
• Relatively small numbers of children (5)
• 1 in 10 had disability from birth (11)
• Cause of seeing disability
• Two-fifths reported Disease or illness as main
  cause of their disability
• Just under one in five reported a hereditary or
  genetic condition
• The illness most commonly reported by persons
  with a Seeing disability was cataracts at 14

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People with a Hearing disability

• Equal proportions of males females
• 38 aged 75 and over
• 36 reported a lot of difficulty and 3 could
  not hear at all
• Older age groups had higher levels of difficulty
• Age of onset
• 11 had their disability from birth
• 11 acquired their disability before the age of
  18
• 40 acquired their disability after the age of 55
  
• 1 in 5 reported a disease or illness as the cause
  of their disability
• 15 reported a hereditary or genetic condition
• 12 reported work conditions
• Most commonly used aids
• Hearing aids without T-switch 23
• Mobile phones for texting 22
• Hearing aids with T-switch 18

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People with a Speech disability

• 54 male, 46 female
• Almost half were aged under 35
• A third reported a lot of difficulty being
  understood and a fifth (18) reported that their
  speech could not be understood by others at all
• Little variation in severity by age group
• Over 60 had their disability since childhood
• 36 reported a disease or illness as the main
  cause of their disability
• 1 in 5 five reported a hereditary or genetic
  condition
• Specific illnesses
• Autistic Spectrum Disorders - 7
• Deafness 6
• Cerebral Palsy - 6
• Speech and language therapy -most commonly used
  and needed aid
• 28 using
• 17 needing and not having

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People with Mobility dexterity disability

• 57 female, 43 male
• A third aged 75 and over, just 4 aged 0-17
• 34 A lot of difficulty
• 35 - Cannot do at all
• Older people reported higher levels of difficulty
  
• half of those aged 75 and over reported Cannot
  do at all
• 37 cannot Walk for about 15 minutes
• Age of onset
• 13 acquired their disability in childhood or
  from birth,
• 15 since age of 75 or over

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People with Mobility dexterity disability ll

• 45 reported a disease or illness as the cause of
  their disability , one in six reported an
  accident, injury or fall
• Arthritis most commonly reported illness 24
• Most commonly used aids
• Walking aids (45)
• Grab bars (35)
• Physiotherapy (31)
• 10 needed a lift or stair lift

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Remembering concentrating

• 51 female, 49 male
• 39 A lot of difficulty and 13 Cannot do at
  all
• A quarter were aged 75 and over - higher levels
  of difficulty
• Of those aged 0-17 with a Remembering and
  concentrating disability
• 87 reported difficulty with Concentrating for
  10 minutes
• Two-thirds had difficulty Remembering to do
  important things
• Among those aged 75 and over
• 90 had difficulties due to forgetting where they
  had put things
• 80 had difficulty remembering to do important
  things

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Remembering concentrating ll

• 14 had their disability from birth
• One-third reported that their disability was
  caused by a disease or illness,
• about 10 reported a hereditary or genetic
  condition
• 9 stress
• Alzheimers disease or dementia reported by 9
• Medication used by about 25

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Intellectual learning

• 61 male, 39 female
• highest proportion of males of all nine
  disability types
• Predominantly young 38 aged 0-17, 25 aged
  18-34
• 35 A lot of difficulty, 12 Cannot do at all
  
• 17 - Just a little difficulty, 36 Moderate,
  
• 70 diagnosed with Intellectual disability
• 77 had difficulty with Learning everyday skills
  
• Almost 80 had their disability from childhood

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Intellectual learning ll

• One-third reported a disease or illness caused
  their disability,
• A quarter reported as caused by a hereditary or
  genetic condition
• Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties
  reported by 17
• 5 cited Autistic Spectrum Disorder as cause
• Most commonly used aids
• Additional special teaching - 28
• Psychology service - 27
• Occupational therapy - 23

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Emotional, psychological mental health

• 53 female, 47 male
• Two-thirds of people were of working age (18-64)
• 32 A lot of difficulty, 4 Cannot do at all
• 23 Just a little, 42 Moderate,
• Age of onset
• 23 began to be affected by their disability
  between the ages of 18 and 34,
• 11 had been affected from birth
• almost 18 between the ages of 0-17

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Emotional, psychological mental health ll

• 40 reported a disease or illness as the cause
• 18 cited stress as the cause
• Depression was the most frequently reported
  illness at 28
• Anxiety disorders were reported by 11
• 90 used at least one aid
• highest proportion reporting use of aids for any
  of the nine disability types
• Medical services (77) and medication (69)
• Psychiatrist (32)
• Exercise or relaxation therapies (29)
• Counselling (25)
• Persons reporting higher levels of difficulty
  also reported greater frequency of occurrence of
  their disability

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People with a disability due to Pain

• 57 female, 43 male
• 48 A lot of difficulty , 3 Cannot do at
  all
• 23 were aged 75 and over 22 were aged 55-64,
  and just 2 were aged 0-17 age
• Age of onset
• 1 in 12 reported that their disability began
  before the age of 17
• between 14 and 17 reported that their
  disability began in the different age groups
  between 18-64

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People with a disability due to Pain ll

• Just under half of people reported that their
  disability was caused by a disease or illness,
• 1 in 5 reported an accident, injury or fall
• Arthritis was the most commonly cited illness at
  34
• Just over two-thirds used at least one aid
• Pain management -most frequently used aid at 48
• The majority of those reporting the higher levels
  of severity of difficulty due to pain also
  reported that their disability was present most
  or all of the time

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Breathing

• 51 female, 49 male
• almost a quarter aged 75 and over
• 35 reported A lot of difficulty in everyday
  activities , 2 Cannot do at all
• Younger people generally had lower levels of
  severity
• One in five people had been affected since
  childhood and almost one in ten had their
  disability from birth

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Breathing ll

• Around 60 reported that it was caused by a
  disease or illness
• Asthma was the most frequently reported illness
  at 31 followed by cardiovascular disease at 16
• More than half used at least one aid
• Most commonly used - nebulisers 42
• Over 60 of those reporting the higher levels of
  severity also reported that their Breathing
  disability affected them most or all of the time
  

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Some population groups
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People with a disability living in communal
establishments

• 62 in communal establishments are female (51 in
  private households)
• 62 aged 75 and over (19 in private households)
• 63 reported highest level of severity (21 for
  private households)
• 76 reported a Mobility dexterity disability
• 61 reported a Remembering concentrating
  disability
• Higher levels of multiple disability
• average of 3.3 disabilities per person
• 2.5 for persons in private households

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Older people with a disability

• 36 of people with a disability were aged 65 and
  over (36)
• 1 in 5 people with a disability were aged 75 and
  over (22)
• 83 of those aged 75 and over with a disability
  reported a Mobility dexterity disability
• 94 of these had difficulty walking for about 15
  minutes
• 80 had difficulty going outside of home
• 65 had difficulty moving around their home
• 48 had a Pain disability
• 39 had a Remembering concentrating disability
• 90 of these had difficulty due to forgetting
  where they had put things
• 81 had difficulty remembering to do important
  things
• 75 over age group accounted for
• 38 of those with a Hearing disability
• 36 of those with a Seeing disability
• 33 of those with Mobility dexterity disability

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Persons aged 75 over with a disability type
of disability ()
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Children with a disability

• 11 of all persons with a disability were aged
  0-17
• 75 had an Intellectual learning disability
• 50 had a Remembering concentrating disability
• 28 had an Emotional, psychological mental
  health disability
• 28 had a Speech disability

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Children with a disability type of disability
()
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Children with a disability

• Children accounted for
• 38 of all those with Intellectual and learning
  difficulties
• 29 of all those with Speech difficulties
• 16 of all those with Remembering and
  concentrating difficulties
• They represented very small proportions within
  the other six disabilities
• Pain (2), Mobility dexterity (4), Seeing (5)

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Estimating prevalence of disability in the
population as a whole
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Estimating prevalence of disability

• Census of Population - 93 persons per thousand
• NDS used a broader spectrum (Breathing, Pain)
• Introduced concept of severity
• Dedicated disability survey
• NDS total population estimate including broader
  spectrum indicative level 185 persons per
  thousand

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Prevalence of disability by type rate per
thousand
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Prevalence of disability by age grouprate per
thousand
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Level of difficulty Whole population
Level of difficulty Census Disability sample Total populations

Just a little 2 3
Moderate level 31 44
A lot of difficulty 43 38
Cannot do at all 24 15
Total 100 100
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Summary

• Focus on people with a disability
• Able to describe the characteristics of people
  with different disabilities
• Further report on participation, care
  arrangements, employment, transport,
  environmental factors

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Questions