Economic gradient of onset of disability in India

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Distribution of onset of disability (years) by MPCE quintile, sex and residence in India, 2018

	Locomotor			Visual			Hearing			Speech			Mental Retardation			Mental Illness			Other Disability^a
	P25	P50	P75	P25	P50	P75	P25	P50	P75	P25	P50	P75	P25	P50	P75	P25	P50	P75	P25	P50	P75
MPCE Quintile
Poorest	8	39	59	35	55	65	35	55	65	3	10	53	2	2	12	15	25	40	8	40	61
Poor	10	42	60	35	55	65	35	55	65	4	22	52	2	2	25	15	25	41	10	38	57
Middle	10	42	60	39	56	65	39	55	66	4	26.5	55	2	2	21	18	28	44	10	41	59
Rich	14	45	61	38	56	66	40	57	67	4	34	58	2	2	26	19	30	45	12	42	58
Richest	24	49	63	40	55	65	40	59	70	4	40	61	2	2	36	18	30	48	20	48	62
Total	12	44	60	38	55	65	38	56	67	4	29	56	2	2	25	17	28	45	13	44	60
*Sex*
Male	10	39	58	33	54	64	38	56	66	4	32	57	2	2	22	16	25	40	12	45	60
Female	19	50	63	41	57	65	40	56	68	3	21	56	2	2	32	19	31	48	14	43	59
Total	12	44	60	38	55	65	38	56	67	4	29	56	2	2	25	17	28	45	13	44	60
Residence
Rural	11	42	60	40	56	65	38	55	66	4	26	56	2	2	25	18	28	44	11	40.5	58
Urban	16	46	62	34	54	64	40	58	68	4	34	57	2	2	24	17	28	45	17	48	62
Total	12	44	60	38	55	65	38	56	67	4	29	56	2	2	25	17	28	45	13	44	60

^aOther disability includes: Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, other chronic neurological conditions, hemophilia, thalassemia, sickle cell disease

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