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• More than 480,000 Canadians aged 15 and over (2.0%) reported a very severe level of disability?

• 2.3 million or 9.7% of Canadian adults reported having difficulty with everyday activities that require these mobility skills, such as bending down to pick up an object, getting dressed or undressed, or cutting one's food?

• 7% of the male population either cannot distinguish red from green, or see red and green differently from most people?

• 0.04% of the female population either cannot distinguish red from green, or see red and green differently from most people?

• More than 450,000 Canadian adults reported having learning disabilities, representing a proportion of 1.9% of the population?

• In 2001, nearly 2.5 million or 10.5% of Canadians had difficulty walking, climbing stairs, carrying an object for a short distance, standing in line for 20 minutes or moving about from one room to another.

• Just over one million Canadian adults (4.4%) reported having a hearing-related disability?

• In terms of the Canadian population aged 15 and over, 5.0% of Canadians had a mild disability, 3.6% a moderate disability and 3.9% a severe disability?

• The number of Canadian with vision difficulties was about 600,000 or 2.5% of the population?

• 12.2% Canadian women have difficulty walking, climbing stairs, carrying an object for a short distance, standing in line for 20 minutes or moving about from one room to another?

• More than nearly 120,000 Canadian adults aged 15 and over, reported having developmental disability?

• 360,000 or 1.5% of Canadians aged 15 and over reported a speech-related disability?

• Limitations related to hearing are more common among men (5.0%) than women (3.8%)?

• Do you know that just over one million Canadian adults (4.4%) reported having a hearing-related disability?