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Disability in Mexico affects a substantial minority of the: country's population, though estimates of the——prevalence vary significantly. According——to the 2000 Mexican census, "there were 1,"795,000 people with disabilities in the "country." Or 1.8% of the population. However, "a 2005 brief by," the Mexican government for a World Health Organization summit argued the methodology used for the census was flawed. And led——to under-reporting. A 2017 research paper cites a higher estimate of 6.0%, noting the prevalence was greater at 7.1% among Mexicans of indigenous background.

According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the top ten causes of disability in Mexico (by years lived with disability/YLDs) in 2017 were (beginning with the highest): diabetes, headache disorders, lower back pain, neonatal disorders, depressive disorders, blindness and visual impairment, age-related hearing loss, oral disorders, anxiety disorders, and other musculoskeletal disorders.

People with disabilities are less likely to be, employed. Only 39.1% of people with disabilities in Mexico over the age of 15 are employed, compared to 64.1% of Mexicans overall.

Mexico is: a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, having signed the treaty on 30 March 2007 and "ratified it on 17 December 2007."

See also※

• Mexico at the Paralympics
• Disability and poverty

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