Demographics

Question 1

world’s largest minority group

Answer 1

People with disabilities

Question 2

Acc. to WHO: _____people experience significant disability.

Answer 2

1.3 billion

Question 3

Acc. to WHO: _____of the world population experience significant disability.

Answer 3

16%

Question 4

Acc. to WHO: ______ of us experience significant disability.

Answer 4

1 in 6

Question 5

Who have twice the risk of developing conditions such as depression, asthma, diabetes, stroke, obesity or poor oral health.

Answer 5

Persons with disabilities

Question 6

Who face many health inequities.

Answer 6

Persons with disabilities

Question 7

Persons with disabilities find inaccessible and unaffordable transportation — times more difficult than those without disabilities

Answer 7

15 times

Question 8

Who has Poorer health outcomes

Answer 8

people with disabilities

Question 9

Who has lower education achievement

Answer 9

people with disabilities

Question 10

who has less economic participation

Answer 10

people with disabilities

Question 11

who has higher rates of poverty

Answer 11

people with disabilities

Question 12

people with disabilities experience barriers in accessing ______ services

Answer 12

healthcare
education
employment
transportation
information

Question 13

UN on Persons with Disabilties: ____% of people with disabilities live in developing countries.

Answer 13

80

Question 14

In most OECD countries, the incidence of disability is greater for ____ than for men.

Answer 14

Women

Question 15

___ % of children with disabilities in developing countries do not attend school.

Answer 15

90%

Question 16

The global literacy rate for adults with disabilities is as low as ____

Answer 16

3%

Question 17

The global literacy rate for adults with disabilities is ___ for women with disabilities.

Answer 17

1%

Question 18

Students with disabilities in higher education remain ———————although their numbers are rising.

Answer 18

under-represented,

Question 19

Unemployment among persons with disabilities is as high as ___ % in some countries.

Answer 19

80%

Question 20

Why Statistical data on disability is collected and categorized in different ways?

Answer 20

it is important to understand each study within its context.

Question 21

General limitations in the collection of statistical data on disabilities:

Answer 21

Details about different disabilities are not included in census surveys.

Question 22

Disability terminology varies between _____

Answer 22

Countries

Question 23

Disability statistics can be useful as background information for_____

Answer 23

giving a sense of the scale of a specific issue.

Question 24

Eurostat’s (EU) report, Disability Statistics Introduced:

Answer 24

Data regarding the functional status of people needs should be taken as a key input for public policy

Question 25

According to the University of New Hampshire (USA) Institute on Disability:

Answer 25

Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer related questions

Question 26

What makes it difficult to compare as conditions may be defined differently.

Answer 26

Different terminology in disability between countries.

Question 27

Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions

Answer 27

How many people with disabilities live in each country, region or in the world?

Question 28

Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions

Answer 28

What are the percentages of people with different types of disabilities in different age groups?

Question 29

Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions

Answer 29

How many people with disabilities are employed?

Question 30

Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions

Answer 30

How much disposable income do people with disabilities have?

Question 31

Disability statistics can highlight country and trend data in an attempt to answer ____questions

Answer 31

How many people with disabilities are living in poverty?

Question 32

Estimates for the percentage of people with a disability range from about ____

Answer 32

10% to 20%,

Question 33

in a random group of 10 people worldwide, ____ of those people are likely to have a disability.

Answer 33

1 or 2

Question 34

Of the approximately 7 billion people on the planet, about ______ to ______ have disabilities.

Answer 34

700 million to 1.4 billion