Disabled persons Severely disabled people by sex, age and severe-disability rate

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Severely disabled people in Germany, by gender and age group¹
Gender² Age/years	Severely disabled people on 31 Dec. ...							Severe-disability rate⁴ 2021 in %
Gender² Age/years	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021³	Severe-disability rate⁴ 2021 in %
1: Holding a valid severely handicapped person's pass. 2: People whose sex is coded as “Gender diverse” or “Not stated” (Section 22 (3) of the Civil Status Act) have been categorised on a random basis as male or female since reference year 2021 for reasons of statistical confidentiality. 3: As of 2021, the figures shown have been rounded to the nearest value divisible by 5 (confidentiality procedure). 4: Population as at 31 Dec. 2020 – Results of population updates based on the 2011 Census.
Total	7,101,682	7,289,173	7,548,965	7,615,560	7,766,573	7,902,960	7,795,340	9.4
Male	3,658,107	3,733,913	3,851,568	3,866,994	3,928,519	3,983,749	3,917,310	9.5
Female	3,443,575	3,555,260	3,697,397	3,748,566	3,838,054	3,919,211	3,878,025	9.2
By age: from ... to under ... years
under 4	14,275	14,194	13,928	14,703	15,495	17,008	15,995	0.5
4 to 6	14,336	14,376	14,109	14,626	15,216	17,082	18,310	1.1
6 to 15	94,708	97,988	99,847	101,493	106,756	114,153	117,420	1.7
15 to 18	38,250	38,696	41,342	43,128	44,808	45,970	46,660	2.1
18 to 25	122,155	123,983	120,515	118,560	121,408	127,187	128,725	2.1
25 to 35	210,081	223,679	236,602	245,741	251,261	255,356	251,065	2.4
35 to 45	417,603	390,234	363,342	345,138	342,298	353,716	360,280	3.5
45 to 55	874,509	916,329	931,886	910,665	860,586	790,371	700,760	6.1
55 to 60	674,299	688,194	697,958	712,128	727,492	743,272	717,010	10.5
60 to 62	331,822	354,317	348,220	341,575	342,530	349,045	353,175	14.2
62 to 65	446,115	536,489	589,609	575,511	564,522	572,128	573,365	17.2
65 or over	3,863,529	3,890,694	4,091,607	4,192,292	4,374,201	4,517,672	4,512,565	24.7

As at 22 June 2022

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