Table

New recipients of disability benefit by sex and age
	2016
	New recipients of disability benefit			New recipients of disability benefit, per cent of population
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females
18-67 years	27 507	11 584	15 923	0.8	0.7	1.0
18-19 years	557	326	231	0.9	1.0	0.7
20-24 years	1 162	683	479	0.3	0.3	0.2
25-34 years	2 618	1 165	1 453	0.4	0.3	0.4
35-44 years	4 476	1 611	2 865	0.6	0.4	0.8
45-54 years	7 465	2 860	4 605	1.0	0.8	1.3
55-61 years	6 857	3 057	3 800	1.6	1.4	1.7
62-67 years	4 372	1 882	2 490	1.3	1.1	1.5