Prevalence of Disability in Wales, 2007-2010

Statistics on the prevalence of disability include data for Wales for the period 2007 to 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 18 December 2008.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The level of DDA disability in Wales in 2010 was around one fifth of the working age population.
• In 2010 around three-quarters of DDA disabled people were also work-limiting disabled.
• The percentage of DDA disabled people generally increased with age. In 2010 over one third of people between the ages of 55 years and pensionable age in Wales had a DDA disability.
• Employment rates for DDA disabled people were consistently low compared to the non-disabled population.

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 6023
E-mail: stats.popcensus@wales.gsi.gov.uk

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