Prevalence data for persons aged 65 or older with any degree of mobility difficulty, expressed as a percentage of that age group. The dataset is published by the World Bank and aggregated by the Disability Data Hub (DDH). Its specific temporal and geographic coverage, column details, and update frequency are not provided in the available metadata.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in mobility disability among the elderly across countries (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Modeling the relationship between aging demographics and healthcare resource needs (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking national or regional performance on elderly well-being indicators (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the World Bank platform.
- Aggregated by the Disability Data Hub (DDH).
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank, Disability Data Hub (DDH)