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Population aged 15 years and over rating their own health as bad or very bad, 2021: 3.9%
Adults aged 65 and over rating their own health as poor or very poor, by income, 2021
– Lowest quintile: 7%
– Highest quintile: 2%
– Total: 5%
Limitations in daily activities in adults aged 65 and over, 2021
– Some limitations: 37%
– Severe limitations: 8%
Estimated prevalence of dementia per 1,000 population, 2021: 15.9%
Estimated prevalence of dementia per 1,000 population, 2040: 22.1%

Source: OECD (2023), Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/7a7afb35-en.

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“The main findings on the health status of people with disabilities living in special residential homes are threefold: (1) almost all the persons living in residential homes for people with disabilities rated their health as being very good, good or moderate; (2) people with disabilities living in residential homes were highly limited in ADLs [Activities of Daily Living] and IADLs [Instrumental Activities of Daily Living] and those with ID [Intellectual Disabilities] were the most limited; and (3) people living in residential homes for people with disabilities experienced low vitality but high psychological distress: 47.9% reported low vitality, 5.2% reported high psychological distress and a high prevalence of depression was found.”

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“It is estimated that about 1,712,000 people are suffering from disability in Switzerland, and that 1 to 3% of them present a severe form of disability associated with intellectual deficiency.”

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“According to the Diversity and coexistence in Switzerland survey 2018, 4% of the permanent resident population aged 15 to 88 said they had been victims of discrimination in Switzerland due to a disability during the past five years.

“Discrimination is particularly manifest in the world of work. According to the Swiss Health Survey 2017, 4% of persons with disabilities aged 15 to 64 said they had been discriminated against at work in the past year due to a disability. Among people with a severely limiting disability, this rate was 12%. Irrespective of a disability, discrimination at work is most likely to take the form of bullying, harassment or intimidation.”

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