India: disability among aged men by treatment status | Statista

According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India, the majority of disabled people over 60 were in the phase of consulting doctors for their treatment. The largest share of elderly men with disabilities in this phase ailed from blindness, accounting for close to 65 percent of the respondents.

Distribution of aged men with disability in India 2018, by treatment status

Characteristic	Consulting doctor (treatment taken)	Consulting doctor (undergoing treatment)	Attending special school/ special therapy	Cannot afford (treatment not taken)	Not available (treatment not taken)
Blindness	64%	17.4%	0.2%	6.7%	1.7%
Low vision	59.5%	20.4%	0.2%	9.8%	0.9%
Visual disability	62.1%	18.6%	0.2%	8%	1.3%
Hearing disability	58.6%	9.8%	0.2%	9.9%	1.1%
Speech and language disability	50%	28.3%	0.9%	4.6%	2.7%
Mental illness	36.3%	50.5%	0%	5.6%	1.1%

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July 2021

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