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The number of people affected by blindness and by deafness in CAR

Requested from PSA by H. Gaviola at 11:13 PM on Aug 14, 2023.
Purpose: Architectural thesis proposal
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2020 - 08/14/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-150606182515

Gaviola 11:13 PM, Aug 14, 2023 

Good day! I am a college student enrolled in BS Architecture and I would want to request the following information/data for our thesis on proposing a School for the Blind and Deaf:

1. The number of people affected by blindness in CAR
2. The number of people affected by deafness in CAR

Nisperos 01:50 PM, Sep 22, 2023 

September 22, 2023

Dear Hans Gaviola,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Aug 14, 2023 11:13:26 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for The number of people affected by blindness and by deafness in CAR.

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. 

Our apologies for the delayed response. 

In reference to your data request, you may refer to our available published data below: 

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

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/system/files/phcd/2022-12/%2528approved%2529Statistical%2520Tables%2520on%2520Functional%2520Difficulty_PMMJ_CRD.xlsx

Persons with Disability in the Philippines (Results from the 2010 Census): https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2910&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%202010%20census%20of%20population

https://library.psa.gov.ph/kohaimages/PSA/ebookreader/viewebook.html?out=1&d=pdf/d2264a0c84cb46d21c27085a4a54b770_2910_PHIILIPPINES_FINAL%20PDF.pdf&speech=1&ref=https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2910&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%202010%20census%20of%20population&biblionumber=2910#book/8

You may also refer to our publication on National Disability Prevalence Survey: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Disability%20Prevalence%20Survey

For more specific data on this, you may try to coordinate with the National Council on Disability Affairs: https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-data/

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

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

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