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About 16 per thousand of the country’s population had disability
Of the 92.1 million household population in the country, 1,443 thousand persons or 1.57 percent had disability, based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH). The recorded figure of persons with disability (PWD) in the 2000 CPH was 935,551 persons, which was 1.23 percent of the household population.
Among the 17 regions, Region IV-A had the highest number of PWD at 193 thousand. This was followed by the National Capital Region (NCR) with 167 thousand PWD. The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), on the other hand, had the lowest number of PWD at 26 thousand.
Ten regions had proportion of PWD higher than the national figure. These were Region VI (1.95 percent), Region IVB and Region V (both 1.85 percent each), Region VIII (1.75 percent), Region II (1.72 percent), Region I (1.64 percent), CAR (1.63 percent), Region XI and Region VII (both 1.60 percent each), and CARAGA (1.58 percent).
|
Region
|
Household Population
(in 1,000)
|
Household
Population with
Disability
(in 1, 000)
|
Proportion of
Persons with
Disability to the
Household
Population
(in percent)
|
|
Philippines
|
92,098
|
1,443
|
1.57
|
|
National Capital Region (NCR)
|
11,797
|
167
|
1.41
|
|
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
|
1,612
|
26
|
1.63
|
|
Region I - Ilocos
|
4,743
|
78
|
1.64
|
|
Region II - Cagayan Valley
|
3,226
|
56
|
1.72
|
|
Region III - Central Luzon
|
10,118
|
139
|
1.38
|
|
Region IV-A - CALABARZON
|
12,583
|
193
|
1.53
|
|
Region IV-B - MIMAROPA
|
2,732
|
50
|
1.85
|
|
Region V - Bicol
|
5,412
|
100
|
1.85
|
|
Region VI - Western Visayas
|
7,090
|
138
|
1.95
|
|
Region VII - Central Visayas
|
6,785
|
109
|
1.60
|
|
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas
|
4,090
|
72
|
1.75
|
|
Region IX - Zamaboanga Peninsula
|
3,398
|
46
|
1.35
|
|
Region X - Northern Mindanao
|
4,285
|
67
|
1.56
|
|
Region XI - Davao
|
4,453
|
71
|
1.60
|
|
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
|
4,103
|
59
|
1.43
|
|
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
|
3,249
|
35
|
1.07
|
|
Region XIII - Caraga
|
2,425
|
38
|
1.58
|
There were more males than females among persons with disability
Of the total PWD in 2010, males accounted for 50.9 percent while females comprised 49.1 percent. These figures resulted in a sex ratio of 104 males with disability for every 100 females with disability.
Males with disability outnumbered females in the age groups 0 to 64 years. The largest excess in the number of males was in the age group 0 to 14 years with a sex ratio of 121 males per 100 females. On the other hand, there were more females with disability than males in the age group 65 years and over. This is because of the higher survival rate of women than men. In this age group, there were 70 males with disability per 100 females.
| Age Group | Persons with Disability (in 1, 000) by Sex | Sex Ratio | ||
| Total | Male | Female | ||
| All Ages | 1,443 | 734 | 709 | 104 |
| 0 -14 | 272 | 149 | 123 | 121 |
| 15 - 49 | 578 | 312 | 266 | 117 |
| 50 - 64 | 274 | 141 | 133 | 106 |
| 65 years and over | 319 | 132 | 187 | |
Disability was highest among persons aged 5 to 19 years
For every five PWD, one (18.9 percent) was aged 0 to 14 years, three (59.0 percent) were in the working age group (aged 15 to 64 years), and one (22.1 percent) was aged 65 years and over.
Persons with disability were more likely to be in the ages 5 to 19 years and 45 to 64 years. By five-year age group, among the household population with disability, children aged 10 to 14 years comprised the largest age group (7.2 percent). This was followed by those in the age groups 15 to 19 years (6.9 percent), 5 to 9 years (6.7 percent), and 50 to 54 years (6.6 percent).
CARMELITA N. ERICTA
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TECHNICAL NOTES The information on disability was collected for all persons. The respondents were asked “Does ______ have any physical or mental disability?” In this report, disability refers to any restriction or lack of ability (resulting from an impairment) to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. Impairments associated with disabilities may be physical, mental, or sensory motor impairment such as partial or total blindness, low vision, partial or total deafness, oral defect, having only one hand/no hands, one leg/no legs, mild or severe cerebral palsy, retarded, mentally ill, mental retardation and multiple impairment. |
