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Prevalence of disability (%)

DefinitionPercentage of people reporting moderate to severe disability in a survey where disability is defined as a limitation in one or more activities of daily living (seeing, hearing, communication, moving, getting around, daily life activities, learning, intellectual and emotional).

In the Community Survey 2007 and Census 2001, disability is defined as a physical or mental handicap which has lasted for six months or more, or is expected to last at least six months, which prevents the person from carrying out daily activities independently, or from participating fully in educational, economic or social activities.

The definition of disability used in Census 2001 is not comparable with that used in Census 1996.
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Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Disability

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Prevalence of disability (%) [Definition]
1996 7.39.86.26.06.07.65.68.33.7[1] 6.5
1998 8.95.85.26.76.34.54.53.13.8[2] 5.9
1998 female---------[3] 5.5
1998 male---------[4] 6.4
1998 rural6.24.33.46.45.13.84.12.73.3[5] 5.1
1998 urban10.96.75.26.98.25.64.63.43.9[6] 6.3
2001 5.86.83.85.05.15.85.75.84.1[7] 5.0
2007 CS5.14.92.94.33.73.75.44.33.4[8] 4.0
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. Census 1996: Statistics South Africa. Census in Brief. The people of South Africa population census 1996. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 1998. http://www.statssa.gov.za/
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    Tables 2.22 and 2.23.
  2. CASE Disability Survey: Community Agency for Social Enquiry. We also count! The extent of moderate and severe reported disability and the nature of the disability experience in South Africa. Department of Health; 1999. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1997/case.pdf Also available from http://www.case.org.za/htm/wecount2.htm
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/Disability/CASE_we_also_count.pdf
    National survey of nearly 10 000 households.
  3. CASE Disability Survey: Community Agency for Social Enquiry. We also count! The extent of moderate and severe reported disability and the nature of the disability experience in South Africa. Department of Health; 1999. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1997/case.pdf Also available from http://www.case.org.za/htm/wecount2.htm
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/Disability/CASE_we_also_count.pdf
  4. CASE Disability Survey: Community Agency for Social Enquiry. We also count! The extent of moderate and severe reported disability and the nature of the disability experience in South Africa. Department of Health; 1999. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1997/case.pdf Also available from http://www.case.org.za/htm/wecount2.htm
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/Disability/CASE_we_also_count.pdf
  5. CASE Disability Survey: Community Agency for Social Enquiry. We also count! The extent of moderate and severe reported disability and the nature of the disability experience in South Africa. Department of Health; 1999. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1997/case.pdf Also available from http://www.case.org.za/htm/wecount2.htm
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/Disability/CASE_we_also_count.pdf
  6. CASE Disability Survey: Community Agency for Social Enquiry. We also count! The extent of moderate and severe reported disability and the nature of the disability experience in South Africa. Department of Health; 1999. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1997/case.pdf Also available from http://www.case.org.za/htm/wecount2.htm
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/Disability/CASE_we_also_count.pdf
  7. Census 2001: Statistics South Africa. Census 2001. Census in Brief. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2003. http://www.statssa.gov.za/ There is a range of publications providing data from Census 2001, as well as an online database for downloading selected data.
    Local copy: -
  8. Community Survey 2007: Statistics South Africa. Community Survey 2007. Various reports and online databases. http://www.statssa.gov.za
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/StatsSA/CommSurvey/
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