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2. Statistical Data on Disability Profile

Table 1
Number and Percentage of Persons with Disabilities
  Total % Male % Female %
Total Population
62,821,000
31,328,400
31,542,600
Number of PWDs
• Bangkok Metropolis
• Other Areas
1,100,761
77,444
1,023,317
1.8%
7.0%
93.0%
657,769
50,144
607,625
2.1%
7.6%
92.4%
442,922
27,300
415,622
1.4%
6.2%
93.8%

* Source: Report of Disabled Persons Survey 2001, National Statistics Office

Table 2
Number and Percentage of Persons with Disabilities Classified by Type and Gender (2001)
Type Total % Male % Female %
Physical
512,989
46.6%
320,514
48.7%
192,473
43.5%
Hearing and Communication
240,904
21.9%
126,759
19.3%
114,146
25.8%
Intellectual and Learning
222,004
20.2%
134,489
20.4%
75,515
17.0%
Visual
123,157
11.2%
70,556
10.7%
52,601
11.9%
Mental or Behavior
81,262
7.4%
50,589
7.7%
30,673
6.9%

* Source: Report of Disabled Persons Survey 2001, National Statistics Office
   Note : Type of Disabilities: Multiple answers

Table 3
Number and Percentage of Disabled Persons Classified by Age Gender
Age Structure Number % Male % Female %
• 0 - 14 years
• 15 - 24 years
• 25 - 29 years
• over 60 years
96,469
143,628
520,576
340,079
8.8%
13.0%
47.3%
30.9%
56,556
93,704
336,424
171,065
8.6%
14.2%
51.1%
26.0%
39,913
49,935
184,152
168,994
9.0%
11.3%
41.6%
38.1%
Total
1,100,752
657,765
442,994

* Source: Report of Disabled Persons Survey 2001, National Statistics Office
   Note : Type of Disabilities: Multiple answers

Table 4
Number of Disabilities Registered Nationwide by Cause, Gender and Type
Cause Classification Grand Total:
Visual Hearing and
Communication
Physical Mental Behavior tellectual
and Learning
Heredity
Male:247
Female:195
Total:442
Male:267
Female:254
Total:521
Male:446
Female:360
Total:826
Male:36
Female:40
Total:76
Male:667
Female:582
Total:1,249


3,114
Old age
Male:16
Female:22
Total:38
Male:250
Female:151
Total:401
Male:73
Female:70
Total:143
Male:1
Female:-
Total:1
Male:7
Female:7
Total:14


597
Sickness
Male:3,634
Female:4,095
Total:7,729
Male:1,936
Female:1,246
Total:3,182
Male:19,032
Female:14,091
Total:33,123
Male:674
Female:482
Total:1,156
Male:1,952
Female:1,651
Total:3,603


48,793
Unknown
Male:7,600
Female:7,092
Total:14,692
Male:17,278
Female:15,259
Total:32,537
Male:27,147
Female:18,347
Total:45,494
Male:2,549
Female:1,748
Total:4,297
Male:15,320
Female:12,733
Total:28,053


125,073
No Information
Male:2,421
Female:1,829
Total:4,250
Male:3,057
Female:2,582
Total:5,639
Male:18,657
Female:7,936
Total:26,593
Male:488
Female:318
Total:806
Male:4,654
Female:3,561
Total:8,215


45,503
Communicable Diseases
Male:918
Female:828
Total:1,746
Male:695
Female:570
Total:1,265
Male:6,074
Female:4,061
Total:10,135
Male:25
Female:20
Total:45
Male:345
Female:301
Total:646


13,837
Other
Male:438
Female:286
Total:724
Male:341
Female:218
Total:599
Male:3,002
Female:1,209
Total:4,211
Male:102
Female:54
Total:156
Male:1,043
Female:798
Total:1,841


7,491
Accident from transportation
Male:1,001
Female:403
Total:1,404
Male:469
Female:287
Total:756
Male:17,930
Female:4,454
Total:22,384
Male:165
Female:49
Total:214
Male:375
Female:170
Total:545


25,303
Accident from work
Male:695
Female:457
Total:1,122
Male:640
Female:501
Total:1,141
Male:4,080
Female:1,319
Total: 5,399
Male:69
Female:49
Total:118
Male:34
Female:18
Total:52


7,832
Other Accident
Male:263
Female:128
Total:391
Male:112
Female:88
Total:200
Male:2,088
Female:906
Total:2,994
Male:31
Female:15
Total:46
Male:125
Female:86
Total:211


3,842
Total
Male:17,233
Female:15,305
Total:32,538
Male:25,045
Female:21,156
Total:46,201
Male:98,549
Female:52,753
Total:151,302
Male:4,140
Female:2,775
Total:6,915
Male:24,522
Female:19,907
Total:44,429


281,385

Note: Overlapping disabilities that cannot identify cause of disabilities

Grand Totlal :

61,270 cases

342,655 cases

* Source: Central Registration Database of Disabilities, Disabilities Information Center, Bureau of Welfare Promotion and Youth, the Disadvantaged Persons with Disabilities And Older Persons, March 2003




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