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The PHCB 2017 used the Washington Group Short Set on Functioning questionnaire to assess the disability (\u201clot of difficulty\u201d or \u201ccannot do at all\u201d) in seeing, hearing, mobility, cognition, self-care, and communication. Of the 536 443\u2009persons included in the analysis, 384 101(71.6%) were aged &lt;45\u2009years, 283 453(52.8%) were men, and 206 103(38.4%) were from the rural area. The prevalence of any self-reported disability was 2.8%, among whom 34.2% reported multiple disabilities. The disability prevalence (any) was significantly higher among people aged \u226565\u2009years, illiterate, economically inactive, permanent residents, residing in a rural area, and from central and eastern regions of the country compared with their respective counterparts. 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