Disabled people - a group of the population, which includes persons with disabilities due to their health characteristics. Today there are quite a few such people. Formerly disabled statistics didn't really matter. Now it is being carried out very carefully. Statistics allows not only to count the number of people with disabilities, but also provides information about their lives, difficulties, needs.
These data are important for national policy. They make it possible to assess how high-quality and effective programs for people with disabilities are being implemented in the country.
Situation in the world
The statistics of disabled people in the world is 23% of the total population of the planet. This is approximately over 1 billion people. According to the WHO, the number of people with disabilities is increasing every year. Reasons for the growth in the number of people with disabilities:
- an increase in the planet;
- significant progress in medicine;
- increase .
In countries where people live 70 years or more, many people become incapacitated in old age. Among children, youth and middle-aged people, 80% of people with disabilities live in developing countries, where the population has a low standard of living and income. The picture shows how many percent of disabled people from the total number of inhabitants, in European countries.
Disability among children is a huge problem. Not only medical and social, but also economic. There are more and more people with disabilities in the world. This is a worrying trend. According to scientists, the numbers will continue to rise.
Employment of people with disabilities
The International Labor Organization reports that of the working-age population, nearly 400 million are disabled. Many of them don't work anywhere. Most employers consider them incapacitated. According to statistics, working disabled people are only 20% of their total number. The remaining 80% are.
For example, in India, 70 million people with disabilities and only 0.1 million of them managed to get a job. In the USA, the employed citizens of this category are only 35%. Many people with disabilities claim that they would like to work and receive a decent salary for it, but they are almost never accepted.
What is the situation in Russia
The statistics of disabled people in Russia in 2015 totaled more than 12 million people. Almost half of them are men and women of working age. That is, for every 10 thousand people there are approximately 59 citizens of the disabled category. Most of them belong to the third group. The smallest number of representatives of the first group.
An analysis of the statistics of disabled people in the country shows that we have much less of them than in European countries. Domestic indicators are among the lowest in the world. But this is not a reason for pride. The reason is not that our fellow citizens have excellent health. In Russia, in order to receive and then annually confirm their disability, people with disabilities often have to fight with an imperfect system. Many patients are simply denied a disability award. for registration of disability.
The diagram shows the statistics of disabled people in the Russian Federation. It shows how the number of people with disabilities living in Russia changed from 1995 to 2005.
Disabled people statistics in 2017 is about 15 million people. This is approximately every tenth inhabitant of Russia. The largest percentage of citizens with disabilities is observed in the following areas:
- Belgorodskaya.
- Leningradskaya.
- Moscow.
- Ryazan.
And also in the Chechen Republic.
Children's indicators
Recently, statistics of disabled children disappointing. As in the rest of the world, on the territory of the Russian Federation the number of patients under the age of 18 is growing rapidly. The figures are increasing every year. According to Rosstat, there are approximately 600,000 disabled children in our country. However, experts believe that the figures are underestimated. In fact, there are about three million of them. Many parents do not want to put a child in a group and officially register him as a sick person, even if the son or daughter suffers from a serious illness.
Approximately 12% of young people with disabilities live in specialized boarding schools. The reasons due to which among the younger generation there are more and more incapacitated ones are the age of the mother (too young or old),.
Data by type of disease
The table shows statistics of people with disabilities in sight, hearing and for 2014.
The Ministry of Labor also keeps statistics on disabled people of the Second World War. According to their data, citizens who became incapacitated as a result of injuries during that time, today there are 22,365 alive.
Assessment of the situation in Minsk
According to statistics, disabled people arrive in Belarus every year. In the capital, as of 2016, 22% of citizens with disabilities live. That is, more than 113 thousand people. According to the Federal Service, there are many more women with disabilities in Minsk than men. There are not many sick children here - 5% of the total. Among men suffering from disabilities, every fourth is employed. Among women, only 16% are employed.
The charts below show the percentage of reasons why adults and children in Belarus were assigned to the group.
