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Disability statistics and demographics Flashcards

1
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How many people globally have a vision impairment or blindness?

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At least 2.2 billion people (WHO says 285 million)

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How many people worldwide are blind?

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39 million

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How many people have a preventable or addressable visual impairment? What type of impairments?

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1 billion —moderate or severe distance impairment due to unaddressed refractive error, and near-distance impairment due to unaddressed presbyopia.

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The majority of people with vision impairments are over what age?

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50

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What color vision deficiency is most common? What demographic is most impacted, and how commonly?

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Red-green. Northern European men, about 1 in 12, and women about 1 in 200. All other populations have lower incidence.

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How common is blue-yellow color-vision deficiency?

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1 in 10,000, men and women equally

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7
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How common is blue cone monochromacy?

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1 in 100,000, more common in males

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How many people globally have low vision?

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246 million, or 3.5% of the world’s population.

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What percent of people with vision impairments live in low-income countries?

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90%.

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How many people globally are deaf or hard of hearing?

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466 million, or 6.1% of the world population

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What percent of the global population has Central auditory processing disorder?

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5%

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12
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What percent of the global population is deafblind?

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Between 0.2 and 2%.

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13
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How many Americans have aphasia?

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2,000,000.00

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14
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How many people in Great Britain have aphasia?

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At least 250,000

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What percent of the global population has selective mutism?

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0.47 - 0.76%

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What percent of children have ADHD?

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3 - 7%

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What condition often presents with manual dexterity / fine motor control disabilities?

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ADHD

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18
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What percent of US adults have mobility disabilities?

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3.50%

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What percent of the world population is impacted by rheumatoid arthritis?

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1%.

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What percent of adults are obese?

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39 - 40%.

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What percent of the global population has an intellectual disability?

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1 - 3%

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What percent of people with intellectual disabilities live in low-income countries?

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80%.

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What percent of people with reading disabilities has dyslexia?

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70 - 80%.

24
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What percent of the population has dyslexia?

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5 - 10%, maybe as high as 17%. Affects girls and boys equally.

25
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What percent of people have dyscalculia?

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3 - 6%

26
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What percent of the global population has ADHD?

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11%.

27
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How frequent is ASD?

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Worldwide, 1 in 160. Prevalence increasing. (Other sources say 1 in 100).

28
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How frequent is NVLD?

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1 in 100 in the US.

29
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What percent of adults have a seizure at some point in their life?

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2%.

30
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What proportion of adults that have had a seizure never have another one?

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2/3

31
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When do seizures commonly begin?

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Early childhood or late adulthood.

32
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What are the two groups of people with photosensitive epilepsy?

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Those with pure photosensitivity that is only triggered by photosensitivity, and those that experience seizures at other times too.

33
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What percent of people with epilepsy have photosensitive epilepsy?

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3%.

34
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What is the global prevalence of anxiety disorders?

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2.5 - 7%, or 284 million.

35
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What is the most prevalent mental health disorder?

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Anxiety.

36
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What is the prevalence of emotional disorders among children 9 - 17?

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6.20%

37
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What percent of children globally suffer with mental health or behavioral disorders? What age group is most common?

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20%. Adolescents between 10-19.

38
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What is the prevalence of behavioral disorders among children 9 - 17?

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10.3%.

39
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What is the prevalence of emotional disorders among children 9 - 17?

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6.2%.

40
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What minimum percent of school-age children complain of severe depression, suicidal thoughts, psychosis and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders

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3%.

41
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How many US students receive special education?

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5.9 million.

42
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What percent of students receiving special education were classified as having multiple disabilities?

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2%.

43
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What percent of the world’s population has a disability?

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15%

44
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What percent of the US population has a disability?

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25%

45
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What is the global literacy rate for people with disabilities?

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3%, 1% for women

46
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What percent of children with disabilities in developing countries do not attend school?

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90%

47
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In OECD countries, do women or men report more disabilities?

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Women

48
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What is the second most common cause of visual disabilities, and what percent does it make up?

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Glaucoma, 12.3%

49
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What is the third most common cause of visual disabilities, and what percent does it make up?

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Age-related macular degeneration, 8.7%

50
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What is the most common cause of visual disabilities, and what percent does it make up?

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Cataracts, 51%

51
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What percent of people with disabilities in the US experience difficulty functioning?

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2 - 4%

52
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What is the disposable income of people with disabilities?

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$6 trillion

53
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What percent of people with disabilities live in developing countries?

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80%

54
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Why is there so much disagreement on the prevalence of disability?

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A few reasons: different definitions of disability results in different estimates; much data is self-reported, and people may not view themselves as disabled or impaired; different countries have more sophisticated data collection methods.

55
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In countries with life expectancies over 70 years, how long on average will a person live with a disability?

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8 years, or 11.5% of lifespan.

56
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According to WHO, what percent of the world’s population has a disability?

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15%, or 1 billion people.

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