United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics


DISTAT
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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 Select a country and hit the search button to retrieve a study.

*Demographic Yearbook*

Special Issue: Population Ageing and the Situation of Elderly Persons, 1993

		Notes	Data	Size

Table 6	Disabled persons and total population	PDF	PDF	1.2 MB



*Disability Statistics Compendium*

Based upon the national statistics available in DISTAT, the United Nations Statistics Division published in 1990 the Disability Statistics Compendium.

			File	Size

	English		PDF	26.6 MB



	French		PDF	26.9 MB



	Spanish		PDF	26 MB

DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS