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Statistical Data of Visually Impaired in the Philippines

Requested from PSA by N. Olave at 04:16 PM on Sep 03, 2023.
Purpose: Undergraduate Thesis
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-597416201099

Olave 04:16 PM, Sep 03, 2023 

1. Numbers and statistical data of blind nd visually impaired individuals in the years 2017, 2018,2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

2. Top 10 provinces with the most cases of Blind students

3. City with the most cases of Blind and/or Visually Impaired by region, provinces, city, and age 

4. What are the most common causes of visual impairments

5. What are the most common diagnosis.

Nisperos 03:27 PM, Oct 18, 2023 

October 18, 2023

Dear Natascha Roies Olave,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 03, 2023 04:16:17 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Statistical Data of Visually Impaired in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved.

Our apologies for the delayed response.
In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following:

Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/index
https://psa.gov.ph/publication/census-population-and-housing-report
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22CPH%20-%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing%22

Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: For Household Population Five Years Old and Over (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/168274

National Disability Prevalence Survey (NDPS)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey/index

2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey
Table 3.2 Background characteristics
Figure 3.5: Disability levels by education
Figure 3.24: Health conditions and impairments
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629

Gender and Development
https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics

Social Welfare and Development
https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics/wmf/social_welfare_and_development

Women and Men FactSheet 2023 - Revised
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/phdsd/2023%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men_Revised_0.xlsx

Philippine Statistical Yearbook
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY)
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/%28ons-cleared%29_psy2022_manuscript_June29_ONSF%20%281%29-signed.pdf

Chapter 12: Social Services
Table 12.1a Household Population and Number of Persons with Disability by Region: 2010        
Table 12.1b Household Population with Disability by Age Group and by Sex: 2010        https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/12_2022.xlsx

You may also refer to the following:
Department of Education (DepEd) - https://www.deped.gov.ph/
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) - https://ched.gov.ph/

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Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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