DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS

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Percentage of persons with disability by age and sex
Bahrain 1991 Census
All areasTotal 0-14  15-59  60 + 
Total 0.80.50.66.9
Male 0.80.50.67.6
Female 0.80.40.66.1


Source: Central Statistics Organisation, The Population, Housing, Buildings and Establishments Census, 1991, Demographic and Social Characteristics of the Population,  Part III (1993).


Questions used to identify persons with disabilities:


Type of disability
1. Blind
2. Deaf
3. Deaf and dumb
4. Amputee
5. Mentally slow/strange behavior
6. Paralyzed
7. Others
8. Not disabled/impaired