Table 1. Census-based disability prevalence by type of question have a List of Functioning/activity “Do you Yes/No diagnoses/conditions based disability?” Country Year Disability Year Disability Year Disability prevalence (%) prevalence (%) prevalence (%) Brazil 1991 0.9 2000 14.5 Mexico 2000 1.8 2010 5.1 Uganda 1991 1.2 2002 3.3 Source: Uganda 1991 and Brazil 1991: DISTAT; Brazil 2000, Mexico 2000 and Uganda 2002: Mont (2007); Mexico 2010: Velázquez Lerma (2015). Box 4. Washington Group of Short Questions on Disability The next questions ask about difficulties you may have doing certain activities because of a HEALTH PROBLEM. 1. Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses? 2. Do you have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid? 3. Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps? 4. Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating? 5. Do you have difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing? 6.Using your usual (customary) language, do you have difficulty communicating, (for example understanding or being understood by others)? Each question has four response categories: (1) No, no difficulty, (2) Yes, some difficulty, (3) Yes, a lot of difficulty and (4) Cannot do it at all.
Table 1. Census-based disability prevalence by type of question “Do you have a disability?” Yes/No List of diagnoses/conditions Functioning/activity based Country Year Disability prevalence (%) Year Disability prevalence (%) Year Disability prevalence (%) Brazil 1991 0.9 2000 14.5 Mexico 2000 1.8 2010 5.1 Uganda 1991 1.2 2002 3.3 Source: Uganda 1991 and Brazil 1991: DISTAT; Brazil 2000, Mexico 2000 and Uganda 2002: Mont (2007); Mexico 2010: Velázquez Lerma (2015). Box 4. Washington Group of Short Questions on Disability The next questions ask about difficulties you may have doing certain activities because of a HEALTH PROBLEM. 1. Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses? 2. Do you have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid? 3. Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps? 4. Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating? 5. Do you have difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing? 6.Using your usual (customary) language, do you have difficulty communicating, (for example understanding or being understood by others)? Each question has four response categories: (1) No, no difficulty, (2) Yes, some difficulty, (3) Yes, a lot of difficulty and (4) Cannot do it at all.
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