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Healthy Ireland for Louth Plan 2018-2022
Figure 16 – Comparative Disability by Age 2016
Source: CSO Census of Population 2016
The table and figure above indicates a greater prevalence of disabilities in the
population of Co. Louth compared to the State for all age cohorts above 30 years of
age in 2016.
Co. Louth 2016 Males Females Total
Total persons 63,633 65,251 128,884
Total persons with a disability 8,732 9,149 17,881
Blindness or a serious vision impairment 805 827 1,632
Deafness or a serious hearing impairment 1,435 1,329 2,764
A condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities 3,370 4,285 7,655
An intellectual disability 1,210 659 1,869
Difficulty in learning, remembering or concentrating 2,389 1,850 4,239
Psychological or emotional condition 1,473 1,666 3,139
Other disability, including chronic illness 3,852 4,595 8,447
Difficulty in dressing, bathing or getting around inside the home 1,829 2,290 4,119
Difficulty in going outside home alone 2,294 3,079 5,373
Difficulty in working or attending school/college 2,969 3,097 6,066
Difficulty in participating in other activities 3,005 3,590 6,595
Total disabilities 24,631 27,267 51,898
Source: CSO StatBank / Profile 9 - Health, Disability and Carers / E9003
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