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Number of PWD and Type of Disability per Region

Requested from PSA by C. Cruz at 03:12 PM on Feb 17, 2023.
Purpose: Selecting location for study on HIV and Adolescent Pregnancy misinformation in PWD communities.
Date of Coverage: 02/17/2023 - 02/17/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-087880137194

Cruz 03:12 PM, Feb 17, 2023 

Hi! I would like to request statistical data on the following:

1) Latest available number of PWDs per region

2) Number of disabilities per category (i.e., seven disability categories indicated in the RA 7277)

Nisperos 03:26 PM, Feb 17, 2023 

February 17, 2023

Dear Cromwell Cruz,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Feb 17, 2023 03:12:02 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Number of PWD and Type of Disability per Region.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Please be informed that we have recently released data on disability based on our CPH 2020. However, our data are limited to the links below:

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

For our 2010 CPH data, kindly check this link:
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

You may also check results of our National Disability Prevalence Survey for more information on disability: https://psa.gov.ph/content/national-disability-prevalence-survey

For updated and aggregated data on this, you may try to coordinate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development. 

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Respectfully,

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

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