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Latest number of persons diagnosed as blind per region

Requested from PSA by C. PATARAY at 05:31 PM on Feb 06, 2023.
Purpose: University Research Requirement
Date of Coverage: 02/06/2023 - 02/06/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-835991875480

PATARAY 05:31 PM, Feb 06, 2023 

Good day! I'm Christian Pataray, a 4th year architecture student of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila. I would like to request a copy of the latest number of persons diagnosed as blind per region for our incoming thesis. Thank you!

Nisperos 04:05 PM, Mar 07, 2023 

March 7, 2023

Dear CHRISTIAN PATARAY,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Feb 06, 2023 05:31:22 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Latest number of persons diagnosed as blind per region.

Your FOI request is approved. 

In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following published data:

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

Table C. Household Population 5 Years Old and Over by Age Group, Sex, Domain or Type of Functional Difficulty, and Level of Severity: Philippines, 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/%28approved%29Statistical%20Tables%20on%20Functional%20Difficulty_PMMJ_CRD.xlsx

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

Table 1. Household Population with Disability by Age Group, Sex, and Region: Philippines, 2010: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Disability%20by%20Age%20Group%20and%20Sex.pdf

c) National Disability Prevalence Survey: https://psa.gov.ph/content/national-disability-prevalence-survey
FIGURE 3.24: Health conditions and impairments: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2016%20NDPS.pdf

For more information on this data, you may coordinate with the following agencies:
a) National Council on Disability Affairs: https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-data/
b) Resources for the Blind, Inc.: http://www.blind.org.ph/

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

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

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