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The Percentage of Amputees in the Philippines

Requested from PSA by J. Navarro at 10:58 PM on Nov 13, 2022.
Purpose: Nursing Research
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2020 - 11/13/2022
Tracking no: #PSA-396904403564

Navarro 10:58 PM, Nov 13, 2022 

Hi,

I would like to request your good office for the following information:
1. Total Number of Persons with Disability for 2020
2. Percentage of Amputees in the Philippines
3. Area or location of largest number of amputees
4. Age and gender bracket or range of amputees
5. Cause of amputation (disease, accident, inborn/congenital)

I hope you grant my request for my presentation in the PWD Amputee group for our proposal project 

Thank you so much.

Nisperos 03:16 PM, Jan 03, 2023 

January 3, 2023

Dear Janica Mae Navarro,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 13, 2022 10:58:50 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for The Percentage of Amputees 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 our published data as follows:

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

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

b) 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 causes of amputation, you may refer to Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment Statistical Report: https://psa.gov.ph/content/integrated-survey-labor-and-employment-statistical-report

You may also check our Publication on Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment (ISLE) - Module on Occupational Injuries and Diseases (OID) 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/press-releases/id/167577
https://psa.gov.ph/isle/releases/node/168008

Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment (ISLE) Occupational Injuries and Diseases: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1B__ISLE__OID/?tablelist=true

Thank you.

Respectfully,

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

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