Census In Brief

2.22 Disabled population by type and province*

	Eastern Cape	Free State	Gauteng	Kwazulu- Natal	Mpuma- langa	Northern Cape	Northern Province	North West	Western Cape	South Africa
Sight	161,898	133,614	211,769	183,758	98,322	18,529	113,088	129,442	40,603	1,091,022
Hearing	68,531	33,045	59,868	76,034	31,895	6,083	51,416	37,571	18,965	383,408
Physical	115,717	41,960	69,936	129,894	41,381	9,052	60,078	54,706	35,051	557,774
Mental	41,432	13,947	24,033	42,646	12,211	3,791	22,578	17,768	14,146	192,553
More than one	35,997	16,461	26,030	24,895	9,019	2,403	16,019	16,913	6,499	154,236
Unspecified	38,604	18,127	63,906	44,863	19,085	7,137	33,690	23,134	30,174	278,720
Total	462,179	257,154	455,541	502,090	211,913	46,995	296,870	279,534	145,438	2,657,714

* Excluding institutions

Percentage of the population with disabilities – October 1996*

• Seven percent of the population (excluding institutions) was classified as disabled (column on the right). Visual disabilities (3%: column on the left) are the most common.