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Statistics of visually impaired individuals

Requested from PSA by A. Tandoc at 01:57 PM on Sep 06, 2022.
Purpose: Bachelor's Thesis
Date of Coverage: 09/06/2017 - 09/06/2022
Tracking no: #PSA-628647514598

Tandoc 01:57 PM, Sep 06, 2022 

I would like to request information on the following:
1. numbers and statistical data of blind and visually impaired individuals in the years 2017, 2018, 2019. 2020. and 2020.
2. what are the most common causes of visual impairments
3. what are the most common diagnosis.

Nisperos 11:20 AM, Sep 07, 2022 

September 7, 2022

Dear Ashry Bensali Tandoc,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 06, 2022 01:57:52 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Statistics of visually impaired individuals.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Please be informed that our PWD data are limited to our published data as follows:

a) 2010 Census of Population and Housing Report
https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/statistical-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/content/census-population-and-housing-report

2010 Census of Population Rpt No. 2A, Table 7. Household Population with Disability by Sex and Age Group: 2010, Table 8. Household Population 5 Years Old and Over by Type of Functional Difficulty, Sex, and Age Group: 2010
https://psa.gov.ph/node/33217/33217?combine=2010+Census+of+Population+Rpt+No.+2A

Persons with Disability in the Philippines (Results from the 2010 Census)
https://psa.gov.ph/content/persons-disability-philippines-results-2010-census

b) National Disability Prevalence Survey
https://psa.gov.ph/content/national-disability-prevalence-survey

You may try to coordinate with DSWD for this specific data.

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Respectfully,

Noel G. Perez
(Information Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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