A comparative analysis of disability measures in Cameroonian surveys

Table 1 Prevalence of the type of disability in each survey (15–49 age group)

	3RGPH 2005		ECAM3 2007		DHS-MICS 2011		HandiVIH 2015
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Country level
Motor disability	0.29	[0.28,0.30]	1.19	[1.03, 1.38]	1.71	[1.47, 1.99]	--
Sensory disability	0.78	[0.76, 0.80]	1.67	[1.48, 1.87]	2.61	[2.31, 2.96]	--
Mental disability	0.09	[0.08, 0.10]	0.40	[0.32, 0.50]	0.77	[0.63, 0.93]	--
Other disability	0.30	[0.29, 0.31]	0.22	[0.15, 0.32]	--		--
Any disability	1.46	[1.43, 1.49]	3.48	[3.20, 3.78]	4.74	[4.32, 5.20]	--
Severe disability	--		--		0.71	[0.57, 0.88]	--
Observations	820797		24830		15011		--
Yaoundé
Motor disability	0.26	[0.23, 0.29]	0.77	[0.482, 1.21]	1.14	[0.71, 1.81]	0.82	[0.74, 0.90]
Sensory disability	0.55	[0.51, 0.60]	1.67	[1.21, 2.31]	2.18	[1.00, 3.24]	0.82	[0.74, 0.90]
Mental disability	0.06	[0.05, 0.08]	0.21	[0.10, 0.45]	0.53	[0.25, 1.10]	0.55	[0.49, 0.62]
Other disability	0.18	[0.15, 0.20]	0.10	[0.04, 0.27]	--		0.25	[0.21, 0.29]
Any disability	1.04	[0.98, 1.10]	2.75	[2.15, 3.51]	3.62	[2.54, 5.14]	2.59	[2.45, 2.73]
Severe disability	--		--		0.39	[0.18, 0.82]	0.29	[0.24, 0.34]
Observations	108579		2474		1443		49038

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