2.23 Disabled population by type, gender and population group*

 

African/ Black

Coloured

Indian/ Asian

White

Unspecified
/Other

Total

Sight

           

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

           

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

           

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

           

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

           

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

           

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

           

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*
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• Disability among those outside institutions increases with age, particularly among Africans.