Disability allowance (DA) is payable to eligible people between the ages of 16 and under 66. At the end of October 2015 there were 117,646 people in receipt of DA. The age breakdown is as follows:
Age
|
Number of DA recipients
|
16
|
1,248
|
17
|
1,482
|
18
|
1,482
|
19
|
1,529
|
20
|
1,530
|
21
|
1,491
|
22
|
1,634
|
23
|
1,662
|
24
|
1,815
|
25
|
1,680
|
26
|
1,652
|
27
|
1,660
|
28
|
1,696
|
29
|
1,766
|
30
|
1,867
|
31
|
1,837
|
32
|
1,996
|
33
|
2,073
|
34
|
2,151
|
35
|
2,115
|
36
|
2,193
|
37
|
2,166
|
38
|
2,231
|
39
|
2,218
|
40
|
2,295
|
41
|
2,431
|
42
|
2,565
|
43
|
2,573
|
44
|
2,613
|
45
|
2,570
|
46
|
2,624
|
47
|
2,799
|
48
|
2,782
|
49
|
2,751
|
50
|
3,001
|
51
|
2,944
|
52
|
2,952
|
53
|
2,943
|
54
|
2,862
|
55
|
3,032
|
56
|
2,994
|
57
|
3,040
|
58
|
3,003
|
59
|
3,095
|
60
|
3,065
|
61
|
3,091
|
62
|
3,227
|
63
|
3,115
|
64
|
3,042
|
65
|
3,066
|
Total
|
117,646
|