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Human functioning and disability
 DISTAT, the United Nations Disability Statistics Database

Due to differences in the concepts and methods used to identify persons with disabilities, prevalence rates should not be compared across countries.

Prevalence rates

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 Demographic Yearbook
Special Issue: Population Ageing and the Situation of Elderly Persons, 1993
  Notes Data Size
Table 6
Disabled persons and total population
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 Disability Statistics Compendium
Based upon the national statistics available in DISTAT, the United Nations Statistics Division published in 1990 the Disability Statistics Compendium.
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