4427.0 - Young People with Disability, 2012

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Contents Introduction Data sources and definitions Prevalence of disability Family type Disability group Education Social participation Endnotes About this Release	PREVALENCE OF DISABILITY Children generally have lower rates of disability compared with older people. In 2012, 7% of all children aged 0-17 years had disability compared with 15% of those aged 18-64 years and 53% of those aged 65 years or over. This same pattern was observed across all States and Territories. Tasmania reported one of the highest prevalence of disability rates amongst children aged 0-17 years (11%) compared with the Northern Territory which reported one of the lowest (6%). Boys tended to have higher rates of disability compared with girls, accounting for 61% of all children with disability in this age group. They also tended to have more severe forms of disability compared with girls (Graph 1) with 7% of boys having a core activity limitation compared with 4% of girls. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.