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7.2.0 National Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong>/<strong>Deaf</strong> Group<br />

7.2.1 Please provide <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> members your National Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong>/<strong>Deaf</strong> Group has in your country.<br />

7.2.1.1 <strong>Deaf</strong> Members: -<br />

Country Total <strong>Deaf</strong> Members Total <strong>Deaf</strong> Women Total <strong>Deaf</strong> Men<br />

Costa Rica 498 199 299<br />

Cuba 9,759 4,542 5,217<br />

Dominican Republic 55 24 31<br />

El Salvador 473 227 246<br />

Guatemala 37 20 17<br />

Guyana 20 14 6<br />

Haiti 2,300 1,093 1,207<br />

Honduras 890 425 465<br />

Mexico N/A N/A N/A<br />

Nicaragua 793 379 414<br />

Panama 80 50 30<br />

Suriname 5 3 2<br />

Total 14,910 6,976 7,934<br />

Additional <strong>No</strong>tes:<br />

Guatemala: 48 Active Members (all categories); an additional 158 Inactive Members (all categories) have not paid <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

membership fees.<br />

Mexico: FEMESOR currently has no statistics about <strong>the</strong> numbers <strong>of</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> people in each state or about <strong>Deaf</strong> members.<br />

FEMESOR has 16 Association members. In future, FEMESOR will investigate <strong>the</strong> population <strong>of</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> people.<br />

7.4.2.1 Hard <strong>of</strong> Hearing Members: -<br />

Country Total Hard <strong>of</strong> Hearing Members Total Hard <strong>of</strong> Hearing Women Total Hard <strong>of</strong> Hearing Men<br />

Costa Rica 0 N/A N/A<br />

Cuba 9,273 4,216 5,057<br />

Dominican Republic 0 N/A N/A<br />

El Salvador 3 2 1<br />

Guatemala 11 5 6<br />

Guyana 0 N/A N/A<br />

Haiti 1,033 619 414<br />

Honduras 0 N/A N/A<br />

Mexico 0 N/A N/A<br />

Nicaragua 8 5 3<br />

Panama 4 2 2<br />

Suriname 0 N/A N/A<br />

Total 10,332 4,849 5,483<br />

The Project was under <strong>the</strong> auspices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Swedish National Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (SDR) and <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Federation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (WFD), <strong>Page</strong> <strong>No</strong> 37<br />

and funded by <strong>the</strong> Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations’ <strong>of</strong> Disabled Persons<br />

International Aid Association (Shia).

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