Disability Statistics In Malaysia 2018

Key statistics of labour force in malaysia february 2018 labour force participation rate 68 2 labour force participation rate in february 2018 remained at 68 2 per cent as compared to the previous month.

Disability statistics in malaysia 2018. Select a topic below to access the disability statistics interactive search tool. Orang kurang upaya or oku as of 2007 there are 197 519 people in malaysia with various category of disability. The workshop is organized by the united nations statistics division unsd in collaboration with the united nations population fund unfpa country offices and the regional office for asia and the pacific. Learning disability is a common problem encountered by about 5 10 of school children.

The country is a state party to the united nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities having signed on 8 april 2008 and ratified the treaty on 19 july 2010. Dhds cdc s innovative disability and health data tool find data on a range of health indicators for states and compare the health of adults with disabilities and without disabilities. 3 6 percent of people with a disability have a self care disability with difficulty dressing or bathing. Pwd in physical category recorded the highest number which was 35 2 per cent followed by learning disability category 34 8 and visually impaired category 8 9.

American community survey acs 2008 2018. Disability is especially common in these groups older adults women and. It could be divided into general or specific learning disabilities. Kuala lumpur august 23 only 1 6 per cent of the malaysian population or 537 000 people with disabilities were registered as of this year a united nations un human rights expert said.

Other terms used for learning disabilities include intellectual disabilities mental retardation in usa and learning difficulties in uk. Speech category recorded the lowest registration of 0 5 per cent. 4 6 percent of people with a disability have a vision disability with blindness or serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses. The annual disability statistics compendium annual disability statistics supplement and state reports for county level data are web based tools that pool disability statistics published by various federal agencies together in one place when working on legislative and other matters relating to persons with disabilities the compendium supplement and state reports make finding and using.

Find how a state is performing across a variety of health indicators such as vaccine coverage and preventive services for people with disabilities compared with. Disability in malaysia refers to the people with disability in malaysia malay.