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Person: Disability Status, Indicator X(5)

Definition

An indicator of whether a person has a disability. A person has a disability if they have an intellectual, psychiatric, sensory physical or like impairment or a combination of such impairments, that is permanent or is likely to be permanent, and results in a significantly reduced capacity in one or more major life activities such as communication, learning mobility, decision-making or self-care and the need for support.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person: Disability Status, Indicator X(5)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Indicator X(5) ".
Data Type BOOLEAN
Format X(5)
Maximum character length 5
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values FALSE No
TRUE Yes
Supplementary Values NULL Null / Not Entered

Comments

Disabilities should be diagnosed by a qualified physician and identified by the person or their parent/carer.

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Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 2
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0