International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Severity of disability by year of survey and sex

From: Time trends in socio-economic inequalities for women and men with disabilities in Australia: evidence of persisting inequalities

			Severity of Disability
		No disability	No specific	Employment	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Total
			restriction	restriction			Profound
Women
1998	n	8,057	234	223	499	408	482	9,903
	%	81.36	2.36	2.25	5.04	4.12	4.87	100
2003	n	7,961	252	241	514	420	482	9,870
	%	80.66	2.55	2.44	5.21	4.26	4.88	100
2009	n	14,115	428	369	914	607	750	17,183
	%	82.15	2.49	2.15	5.32	3.53	4.36	100
Total	n	30,133	914	833	1,927	1,435	1,714	36,956
	%	81.54	2.47	2.25	5.21	3.88	4.64	100
Men
1998	n	7,664	275	267	545	401	420	9,572
	%	80.07	2.87	2.79	5.69	4.19	4.39	100
2003	n	7,566	322	315	488	368	360	9,419
	%	80.33	3.42	3.34	5.18	3.91	3.82	100
2009	n	13,699	489	413	798	481	526	16,406
	%	83.5	2.98	2.52	4.86	2.93	3.21	100
Total	n	28,929	1,086	995	1,831	1,250	1,306	35,397
	%	81.73	3.07	2.81	5.17	3.53	3.69	100

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