Department of Public Health, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan.
Res Dev Disabil. 2013 Mar;34(3):910-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.11.019. Epub 2013 Jan 2.
The purposes of this study were to measure disparities of age structure between people with an intellectual disability and general population, and to explore the difference of demographic characteristics between these two populations by using data from a population based register in Taiwan. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20.0 statistical software. Results found that the gender and mean age were significantly different between people with an intellectual disability and general population (mean age: 28.86 years vs. 35.26 years; p<0.001). The shape of the pyramid in general population tended to be fatty in the middle age, and intellectual disability population was more populous in the younger age. Furthermore, there were very few people with an intellectual disability can live more than 65 years old (3%) while there were nearly 10% of the general population were the elderly. The results also showed that two groups were different in marital status, educational levels, family status of veteran and aborigine (p<0.001). As the premature aging and short life span of people with an intellectual disability, this study suggested that the government authority should initiate necessary assistance for this group of people in the future.
本研究旨在通过使用台湾基于人群的登记处的数据，测量智障人群与普通人群在年龄结构上的差异，并探讨这两个人群在人口统计学特征上的差异。数据使用 SPSS 20.0 统计软件进行分析。结果发现，智障人群与普通人群在性别和平均年龄上存在显著差异（平均年龄：28.86 岁 vs. 35.26 岁；p<0.001）。普通人群的金字塔形状在中年时呈肥胖状，而智障人群则在年轻年龄段人口较多。此外，很少有智障人士能活到 65 岁以上（3%），而近 10%的普通人群是老年人。结果还表明，这两组在婚姻状况、教育水平、退伍军人和原住民的家庭状况方面存在差异（p<0.001）。由于智障人士的过早衰老和寿命较短，本研究建议政府当局在未来为这一人群提供必要的援助。
