Global Mobility Disability Prevalence Among Adults Aged 65+

Adjusted prevalence estimates of mobility disabilities among the global population aged 65 years and older. The dataset provides the percentage of older adults experiencing at least a lot of functional difficulty. It is produced by the Disability Data Hub (DDH), likely drawing from World Bank data sources.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the `prevalence` metric across different countries and years to assess global progress on aging with disability.
• Model the relationship between national `aging population` demographics and reported `mobility disability` rates.
• Benchmark country-level `mobility health` indicators against regional or global averages.
• Correlate `disability statistics` with other socio-economic indicators from the World Bank platform.

Strengths

• Focuses on a standardized `adjusted prevalence` metric for cross-country comparison.
• Covers a critical demographic group (`persons aged 65 or older`) for global health analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and geographic coverage are unknown.
• Underlying survey methodology and adjustment factors for the prevalence metric are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

Disability Data Hub (DDH), likely aggregating from World Bank data.

Collection Method

Estimated from surveys measuring functional difficulty, with adjustments applied.

Geography

Global, country-level likely.