توقع البقاء على قيد الحياة الخالية من الإعاقة حسب أنواع الإعاقات: مصر2017

Abstract

This study aimed to estimate among the population in Egypt (aged 5 years and over): 1) the prevalence rates of severe disability by sex and, the common types, and 2) disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by sex, age, and disability type. Data were from Egypt General Census for Population, Housing, and Establishments 2017. To identify individuals with disabilities, the Census asked respondents a short set of questions on functional difficulties, as suggested by the United Nations Washington Group (UN-WG) on Disability Statistics. The DFLE was estimated using the Sullivan method. The findings indicated that the most prevalent types of disabilities among males and females are mobility, followed by difficulties in self-care, and then communicating. Females have longer DFLE and longer DLE than males but have a lower proportion of DFLE to the total lifetime in all age groups. Mobility disability occupied the highest expected percentage of years lived in all age groups, followed by vision, and then the self-care disability. Thus, individuals with mobility disabilities are the most in need of attention, as well as females of older ages.k The findings of the study suggest that the contextual differences in how the process of aging has been experienced need to be considered by decision-makers when designing .gender-responsive policies