Demographics Flashcards
world’s largest minority group
People with disabilities
Acc. to WHO: _____people experience significant disability.
1.3 billion
Acc. to WHO: _____of the world population experience significant disability.
16%
Acc. to WHO: ______ of us experience significant disability.
1 in 6
Who have twice the risk of developing conditions such as depression, asthma, diabetes, stroke, obesity or poor oral health.
Persons with disabilities
Who face many health inequities.
Persons with disabilities
Persons with disabilities find inaccessible and unaffordable transportation — times more difficult than those without disabilities
15 times
Who has Poorer health outcomes
people with disabilities
Who has lower education achievement
people with disabilities
who has less economic participation
people with disabilities
who has higher rates of poverty
people with disabilities
people with disabilities experience barriers in accessing ______ services
healthcare
education
employment
transportation
information
UN on Persons with Disabilties: ____% of people with disabilities live in developing countries.
80
In most OECD countries, the incidence of disability is greater for ____ than for men.
Women
___ % of children with disabilities in developing countries do not attend school.
90%
The global literacy rate for adults with disabilities is as low as ____
3%
The global literacy rate for adults with disabilities is ___ for women with disabilities.
1%
Students with disabilities in higher education remain ———————although their numbers are rising.
under-represented,
Unemployment among persons with disabilities is as high as ___ % in some countries.
80%
Why Statistical data on disability is collected and categorized in different ways?
it is important to understand each study within its context.
General limitations in the collection of statistical data on disabilities:
Details about different disabilities are not included in census surveys.
Disability terminology varies between _____
Countries
Disability statistics can be useful as background information for_____
giving a sense of the scale of a specific issue.
Eurostat’s (EU) report, Disability Statistics Introduced:
Data regarding the functional status of people needs should be taken as a key input for public policy
According to the University of New Hampshire (USA) Institute on Disability:
Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer related questions
What makes it difficult to compare as conditions may be defined differently.
Different terminology in disability between countries.
Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions
How many people with disabilities live in each country, region or in the world?
Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions
What are the percentages of people with different types of disabilities in different age groups?
Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions
How many people with disabilities are employed?
Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions
How much disposable income do people with disabilities have?
Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions
How many people with disabilities are living in poverty?
Estimates for the percentage of people with a disability range from about ____
10% to 20%,
in a random group of 10 people worldwide, ____ of those people are likely to have a disability.
1 or 2
Of the approximately 7 billion people on the planet, about ______ to ______ have disabilities.
700 million to 1.4 billion
