CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the GrenadinesTable 7.1: Number of Persons Reporting Disability or Infirmity byAge Group and Sex, 2001Total Male FemaleAge Group Total % Total % Total %Total 4 177 100.0 1 948 46.64 2 229 53.36-0-14 495 100.00 276 55.76 219 44.2415-24 419 100.00 216 51.55 203 48.4525-44 801 100.00 413 51.56 388 48.4445-64 943 100.00 432 45.81 511 54.1965+ 1 519 100.00 611 40.22 908 59.787.3 Type of DisabilityThe most common types of impairment or disability reported were sight (1 811), lower limb(1 351) and behavioural (779), while neck and spine was the least common (216), (Table 7.2 (a)).7.3.1 SightThere were 1811 persons with sight impairment. The majority of those that reported sightimpairment were females, 1091 or 60.24 per cent, compared to 720 males or 39.76 per cent.Females were more likely to be sight impaired in the 15-24, 25-44 and 65+ age groups. Theelderly accounted for the largest share of those that reported sight impairment with 835 or 46.11per cent, while those in the 15 to 24 years age accounted for the least with 114 or 6.29 per cent,(Table 7.2 (a) and Table 7.2(b) see Appendix II).7.3.2 HearingThere were 445 persons that reported hearing impairment; most of them were elderly 176 or39.55 per cent. Among the elderly, females were more likely than males to be hearing impairedwith 47.25 per cent and 32.16 per cent respectively. Among the children and youths withhearing impairment however the majority was males, with 16.74 per cent versus 9.63 per cent for89