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Table 14: [Mobility problems] Adults with limited mobility*, 1999 - 2007
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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Activities that the person would normally find difficult to manage on their own | column percentages |
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Walking for at least 10 mins | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 8.7 |
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Car | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
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Taxi | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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Bus | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
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Train | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
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Number of activities difficult to manage their own |
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None | 88.0 | 88.2 | 88.7 | 88.3 | 88.6 | 88.2 | 88.3 | 88.5 | 89.4 |
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One | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
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2 or 3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
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4 or 5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
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1 or more | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.6 |
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Has a blue badge | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
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Sample size (=100%) | 13,780 | 14,557 | 14,643 | 14,041 | 13,968 | 14,778 | 14,071 | 14,190 | 12,242 |
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*Only people with a long-standing illness, health problem or disability are asked if there are activities that they would normally find difficult to manage on their own. For the purpose of this analysis, other people are counted as not having such difficulties.
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