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Healthy Ireland for Louth Plan 2018-2022

State 2016 Co. Louth 2016
Source: CSO StatBank / Live Register / LRM07 / Select from table LRM07

At State level the number of people with a disability increased by 47,796 between
2011 and 2016 and stood at 643,131 in April 2016, accounting for 13.5% of the
population. There were 331,551 females (51.6%) and 311,580 males (48.4%) with
a disability. Among those aged under 20, there was an increase of 11,828 persons
(15.6%) with a disability since 2011. This represented a disability rate of 6.7% in this
group (up from 6% in 2011).

The CSO reports that up to one in ten persons below 45 years of age had a disability
in 2016, rising to 20% by age 60. Rates increased sharply above age 70; 27.7% of
females aged 70-74 had a disability while the rate had increased to 73.3% for females
aged 84 and over.

Disability was more common amongst males in all age categories up to age 24,
peaking in the 5-9 age groups where there were almost twice as many disabled boys
(14,964) as girls (7,887).

Educational attainment amongst disabled persons was much lower than that of the
general population at all levels. Amongst those aged 15 to 50 (inclusive), 13.7% had
completed no higher than primary level education, compared with 4.2% of the general
population; 37.0% had completed third level education compared with 53.4% of all
those aged 15-50.

There were 176,445 persons with a disability in the labour force, giving a labour
force participation rate of 30.2% compared with 61.4% for the population overall. Of
those with a disability aged 15 and over in April 2016 (584,045 people), just 22.3%
(130,067) were at work, compared with 53.4% of the overall population in that age
group. Overall in April 2016, 6.5% of those at work had a disability.

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