2.23 Disabled population by type, gender and population group*
African/ Black |
Coloured |
Indian/ Asian |
White |
Unspecified |
Total |
|
Sight |
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Male |
397,449 |
15,308 |
7,239 |
16,347 |
2,142 |
438,484 |
Female |
605,396 |
19,254 |
8,384 |
16,620 |
2,884 |
652,539 |
Total |
1,002,845 |
34,561 |
15,623 |
32,967 |
5,026 |
1,091,022 |
Hearing |
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Male |
154,538 |
7,716 |
2,601 |
14,906 |
1,091 |
180,851 |
Female |
177,708 |
7,841 |
2,348 |
13,380 |
1,280 |
202,556 |
Total |
332,246 |
15,557 |
4,948 |
28,286 |
2,370 |
383,408 |
Physical |
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Male |
223,680 |
19,032 |
5,653 |
13,821 |
1,638 |
263,824 |
Female |
263,337 |
13,674 |
4,111 |
11,291 |
1,537 |
293,950 |
Total |
487,017 |
32,706 |
9,764 |
25,112 |
3,175 |
557,774 |
Mental |
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Male |
95,550 |
8,471 |
2,391 |
6,162 |
842 |
113,416 |
Female |
66,054 |
5,877 |
1,659 |
4,960 |
587 |
79,137 |
Total |
161,604 |
14,349 |
4,050 |
11,122 |
1,429 |
192,553 |
More than one |
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Male |
53,031 |
2,880 |
1,498 |
5,873 |
413 |
63,694 |
Female |
79,739 |
3,196 |
1,445 |
5,653 |
509 |
90,542 |
Total |
132,771 |
6,076 |
2,943 |
11,525 |
922 |
154,236 |
Unspecified |
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Male |
99,081 |
12,273 |
2,680 |
18,277 |
1,770 |
134,081 |
Female |
109,250 |
12,445 |
2,821 |
18,259 |
1,864 |
144,639 |
Total |
208,331 |
24,718 |
5,502 |
36,536 |
3,634 |
278,720 |
Total |
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Male |
1,023,329 |
65,680 |
22,061 |
75,385 |
7,894 |
1,194,350 |
Female |
1,301,484 |
62,287 |
20,769 |
70,163 |
8,661 |
1,463,364 |
Total |
2,324,813 |
127,967 |
42,830 |
145,548 |
16,555 |
2,657,714 |
* Excluding institutions
Percentage of disabled in each age category by
population group*
Disability among those outside institutions increases with age, particularly among Africans.