Prevalence of different types of disabilities across different sociodemographic characteristics, National Sample Survey, 76th round, India (n=576 796)
| Background characteristics | Locomotor N (%) | Vision N (%) | Hearing N (%) | Speech N (%) | Intellectual disability* N (%) | Mental illness N (%) | Others N (%) | Any one disability N (%) |
| 61 981 (1.36) | 11 977 (0.23) | 15 294 (0.30) | 12 661 (0.23) | 8564 (0.16) | 6751 (0.16) | 3121 (0.05) | 107 125 (2.20) | |
| Age group (completed years) | ||||||||
| up to 5 | 1494 (2.2) | 182 (1.5) | 311 (2) | 907 (7.3) | 445 (5.3) | 41 (0.5) | 182 (5.5) | 2839 (2.5) |
| 6–17 | 7290 (10.8) | 1210 (9.2) | 1977 (12.6) | 4515 (35.8) | 3492 (41.2) | 1060 (15.4) | 691 (21.5) | 16 695 (14.4) |
| 18–35 | 11 546 (18) | 1386 (10.7) | 2036 (13.3) | 3273 (26.4) | 2796 (33) | 1915 (27.6) | 601 (19.8) | 20 673 (18.8) |
| 36–49 | 11 434 (18.1) | 1557 (12.3) | 2118 (13) | 1812 (13.8) | 1113 (12.4) | 1646 (25) | 478 (14.8) | 18 665 (17.2) |
| 50–65 | 16 627 (27.9) | 3609 (31.1) | 3843 (25.1) | 1495 (11.4) | 561 (6.5) | 1409 (21.3) | 645 (21.9) | 26 420 (25.7) |
| 65+ | 13 590 (23) | 4033 (35.2) | 5009 (34) | 659 (5.3) | 157 (1.6) | 680 (10.1) | 524 (16.6) | 21 833 (21.4) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 36 862 (58.7) | 6014 (50.2) | 7993 (52) | 7554 (60.4) | 5202 (61.7) | 3856 (56.8) | 1764 (58.9) | 61 707 (57.3) |
| Female | 25 110 (41.3) | 5958 (49.8) | 7296 (48) | 5106 (39.6) | 3359 (38.3) | 2893 (43.2) | 1355 (41.1) | 45 396 (42.7) |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Never married | 16 912 (24.7) | 2719 (20.8) | 3987 (24.2) | 8708 (67.8) | 7450 (86.9) | 3281 (46.1) | 1314 (40.4) | 36 813 (31.4) |
| Ever married | 33 257 (55.3) | 5541 (46.9) | 7094 (47.5) | 3086 (25.3) | 791 (9.3) | 2381 (35.8) | 1402 (47.2) | 50 108 (48.8) |
| Widowed | 11 293 (19) | 3616 (31.5) | 4024 (27.1) | 690 (5.4) | 190 (2.1) | 775 (12.5) | 366 (11.1) | 18 933 (18.5) |
| Divorced/separated | 519 (1) | 101 (0.8) | 189 (1.1) | 177 (1.4) | 133 (1.8) | 314 (5.5) | 39 (1.2) | 1271 (1.3) |
| Area of residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 42 222 (71.6) | 8809 (76.3) | 11 121 (74.9) | 9164 (72.9) | 5974 (69.9) | 4772 (73.1) | 2055 (62.4) | 75 091 (72.8) |
| Urban | 19 759 (28.4) | 3168 (23.7) | 4173 (25.1) | 3497 (27.1) | 2590 (30.1) | 1979 (26.9) | 1066 (37.6) | 32 034 (27.2) |
| Educational attainment | ||||||||
| Non-literate | 26 376 (44.5) | 7160 (62.6) | 8365 (57.3) | 7119 (56.9) | 5846 (69.3) | 3285 (49.6) | 1108 (34.1) | 50 848 (48.9) |
| Literate but not formal | 15 002 (23.2) | 2483 (19.4) | 3700 (22.9) | 3428 (26.7) | 1858 (21) | 1629 (23.3) | 859 (29) | 26 145 (23.3) |
| Up to primary | 16 885 (26.5) | 1987 (15.5) | 2782 (16.9) | 1908 (14.9) | 808 (9.1) | 1623 (24.1) | 916 (28.7) | 25 210 (23.1) |
| Up to secondary | 3718 (5.8) | 347 (2.6) | 447 (2.9) | 206 (1.5) | 52 (0.6) | 214 (3.1) | 238 (8.2) | 4922 (4.6) |
| Preferred religion | ||||||||
| Hindu | 49 548 (81.9) | 9479 (82.9) | 12 090 (82.6) | 9658 (78.7) | 6540 (78.7) | 5063 (74.7) | 2444 (80.8) | 84 742 (81.5) |
| Islam | 8375 (12.5) | 1601 (12.5) | 1927 (11.7) | 2021 (15.6) | 1366 (15.9) | 1167 (18.4) | 402 (12.6) | 14 658 (12.9) |
| Others | 4058 (5.6) | 897 (4.6) | 1277 (5.7) | 982 (5.7) | 658 (5.4) | 521 (6.9) | 275 (6.5) | 7725 (5.5) |
| Social group | ||||||||
| Scheduled tribe | 6049 (8.3) | 1491 (9.1) | 1923 (9.5) | 1478 (9.4) | 822 (7.2) | 670 (7.8) | 452 (12.3) | 11 729 (8.7) |
| Scheduled caste | 12 240 (20.4) | 2407 (21.3) | 2805 (19.4) | 2467 (20.5) | 1602 (19.2) | 1269 (19.9) | 574 (17.8) | 20 925 (20.4) |
| Other disadvantaged classes† | 26 861 (44.7) | 5205 (46) | 6583 (45.5) | 5482 (44.7) | 3806 (45.8) | 2915 (45.7) | 1167 (40.2) | 46 223 (44.9) |
| General | 16 831 (26.6) | 2874 (23.6) | 3983 (25.6) | 3234 (25.4) | 2334 (27.8) | 1897 (26.6) | 928 (29.7) | 28 248 (26) |
| Wealth Index | ||||||||
| Poorer | 17 681 (30.2) | 3919 (35.1) | 4933 (34.7) | 3552 (30.1) | 2025 (25.3) | 1932 (31) | 823 (25.8) | 31 259 (31) |
| Poor | 12 553 (20.5) | 2474 (20.8) | 3005 (19.4) | 2746 (21.4) | 1773 (20.9) | 1364 (20.5) | 524 (16.2) | 21 959 (20.7) |
| Middle | 11 468 (18.2) | 2271 (18.5) | 2730 (17.4) | 2434 (18.5) | 1751 (20) | 1302 (18.1) | 550 (17.3) | 20 058 (18.3) |
| Richer | 10 440 (16) | 1864 (14.4) | 2480 (15.4) | 2080 (15.8) | 1611 (18.3) | 1161 (16.8) | 593 (19.9) | 17 946 (15.9) |
| Richest | 9839 (15.1) | 1449 (11.1) | 2146 (13) | 1849 (14.2) | 1404 (15.5) | 992 (13.6) | 631 (20.7) | 15 903 (14.1) |
| Regions of India | ||||||||
| Northern | 8787 (14.4) | 1478 (13.1) | 1692 (11.7) | 1347 (11.1) | 1144 (13.5) | 931 (14.2) | 216 (7.6) | 14 305 (13.8) |
| Southern | 13 448 (23) | 2814 (24.7) | 4013 (27.3) | 2958 (24.8) | 2141 (25.6) | 1447 (21.3) | 714 (25.5) | 23 699 (23.3) |
| Western | 8387 (12.7) | 1286 (10.1) | 1740 (11.1) | 1423 (11.3) | 1293 (15.2) | 706 (10.6) | 540 (17.7) | 13 708 (12.3) |
| Eastern | 12 790 (20.3) | 2538 (21.9) | 3238 (22.5) | 3248 (27.1) | 1762 (21.3) | 1672 (26.3) | 954 (30.4) | 23 061 (21.8) |
| North-eastern | 3858 (2.1) | 1335 (4.5) | 1620 (3.7) | 1308 (3.4) | 594 (2) | 582 (2.7) | 282 (2.4) | 8839 (2.8) |
| Central | 14 711 (27.4) | 2526 (25.6) | 2991 (23.8) | 2377 (22.4) | 1630 (22.6) | 1413 (24.8) | 415 (16.3) | 23 513 (26) |
*Terminology used in the survey was ‘mental retardation’.
†Terminology used in the survey was ‘other backward classes’.