Disability is a global public health concern that affects one out of every seven individuals on the planet. At some point in their lives, everyone will become disabled.
The most common types of impairment for adults in the UK are those related to mobility, lifting, and carrying. Children who are disabled are more likely to have a mental condition, such as learning or communication difficulties than a physical impairment.
Disabled People in the United Kingdom: Facts and Figures
• The United Kingdom has over 11 million disabled people.
• Disability is more likely to affect people over the age of 65. They make up 45% of the disabled in the United Kingdom, compared to 16% of working-age adults and 6% of children.
• The prevalence of disability rises with age. Nearly 80% of people aged 85 and up are disabled.
• More than 80% of disabled people became disabled later in life. Only about 20% of people are born with a disability.
• Only about 8% of people with disabilities require the use of a wheelchair.
• Low-income, unemployed, or uneducated people are more likely to be disabled.
• Almost 40% of people believe that the disabled are a social burden.
More than 60% of people say they avoid the disabled because they don't know how to interact with them.
• In the United Kingdom, 180 disability hate crimes are reported every day.
• More than half of people consider disability to be a physical impairment.
• Almost 2 million people in the United Kingdom are blind.
• It is estimated that the number of blind people in the UK will exceed 2 1/4 million by 2022 and double to approximately 4 million by 2050.
• In the United Kingdom, approximately 40,000 people aged 25 and under are blind or partially sighted.
• The United Kingdom has approximately 9 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people..
• In the United Kingdom, one-half of all deaf or hard-of-hearing people are working-age adults.
Hearing aids are used by approximately 2 million people in the country.
• Every year, over 800 babies in the United Kingdom are born deaf, the majority to hearing parents.
• An estimated 1.2 million people in the UK use a wheelchair.
• The majority of wheelchair users are over the age of 60; they make up more than two-thirds of all wheelchair users in the UK.
• Up to 6,000 people in the United Kingdom have limited growth.
• It is estimated that nearly one million people in England alone have a learning disability.
• 10% of children aged 15 and under suffer from a mental disorder.
• 6% (over 750,000) of children in the UK have a disability, with the majority coming from low-income families.
• Each year, up to 1,800 babies in the United Kingdom are born with cerebral palsy.
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