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April 09, 2008
Updating of the statistics on persons with disabilities in Japan
Results of “Survey on Actual Status of Children/Persons with
Physical Disabilities (2006) ” conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor
and Welfare of Japan, is now publicized. New statistics on persons with
intellectual disabilities and persons with mental disabilities have also been
available. Based on these data, we would like to update the statistics given in
Chapter 1 of “Welfare for Persons with Disabilities in Japan 2007” as follows.
Number of Persons with Physical Disabilities
Persons with physical disabilities living at home -------------- 3,576,000
Under 18 years of age ------------------------------------------- 93,100
18 years of age or older------------------------------------------ 3,483,000
(Source: Survey on Actual Status of Children/Persons with Physical Disabilities (2006)
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
Number of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Persons with intellectual disabilities in total------------------- 547,000
Under 18 years of age-------------------------------------------- 125,000
18 years of age or older------------------------------------------ 410,000
Age unknown------------------------------------------------------- 12,000
Persons with intellectual disabilities living at home------------ 419,000
Under 18 years of age---------------------------------------------- 117,300
18 years of age or older------------------------------------------- 289,600
Age unknown-------------------------------------------------------- 12,100
Persons with intellectual disabilities living in institutions----- 128,000
Under 18 years of age---------------------------------------------- 8,000
18 years of age or older------------------------------------------- 120,000
Age unknown-------------------------------------------------------- 0
(Source: “Comprehensive Survey on Children/Persons with Intellectual Disabilities” (2005)
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
Number of Persons with Mental Disabilities
Persons with mental disabilities in total-------------------------- 3,028,000
Under the age of 20 years ----------------------------------------- 164,000
20 years of age or older-------------------------------------------- 2,858,000
Age unknown--------------------------------------------------------- 6,000
Persons with mental disabilities living at home------------------ 2,675,000
Under the age of 20 years------------------------------------------ 161,000
20 years of age or older-------------------------------------------- 2,508,000
Age unknown--------------------------------------------------------- 5,000
Persons with mental disabilities living in institutions----------- 353,000
Under the age of 20 years------------------------------------------ 3,000
20 years of age or older--------------------------------------------- 350,000
Age unknown---------------------------------------------------------- 1,000
(Source: “Patient Survey” (2005) Department of Health and Welfare for Persons with Disabilities,
Social Welfare and the War Victim Relief Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
We will keep you updating with the information on persons with disabilities in Japan.
We hope this information is useful and you compare it with the data of
persons with disabilities in your country.
The secretariat of jicafriends
Posted by jicafriends at April 9, 2008 01:16 PM