1D. Disability Demographics

Testable Statistics

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Table: Demographic Stats

Stats from the CPACC Body of Knowledge
Number Scope Characteristic
1.3 billion global have significant disability
16% global have significant disability
1 in 6 global have disability
2.2million global have vision impairment or blindness
1billion global have vision impairment that could have been prevented
leading cause of vision impairment globally is cataracts and uncorrected refractive errors
mostly 50 years old and older global people with vision impairment
1 in 12 global males red-green colour definiciency
1 in 200 global females red-green colour deficiency-based
1 in 10 000 global blue-yellow colour blindness
3.5% global have low vision
246million global have low vision
90% low vision population live in low-income settings
430million global disabling hearing loss
750k in the EU use sign language as first language
5% global have CAPD
0.2%-2% global are DeafBlind
5-25% children of different age groups global functional speech sounds disorders
1-2% global adults functional speech sounds disorders
0.47-0.76% global population selective mutism
2million USA aphasia
250k Great Britain aphasia
11% US adults mobility disabiltiies
200 million global IDD
70-80% people with reading difficulties dyslexia
5-10%, up to 17% global dyslexia
3-6% global dyscalculia
2-3 out of 10 people with ADHD have the inattentive type
2-7% global children ADHD
4% global adults ADHD
1 in 100 global autism
1 in 100 children in US NVLD
50 million global epilepsy
3% people of epilepsy have photosensitive epilepsy
284 million global 2017 an anxiety disorder
2.5-7% national variance rates for anxiety
19 million global bipolar
10-15% disabled people in the UK and Australia have complex needs

List: Demographic Stats from the CPACC Body of Knowledge