General household survey - Statistics South Africa

Statistics South Africa 96
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6. Disabilities
6.1 Population aged 5 years and older that have some difficulty or are unable to do basic activities, by province (concluded), 2011
Thousands
Mpumalanga
Limpopo South Africa
Northern
Cape Free State North West Gauteng
KwaZulu-
Natal
Eastern
Cape
Western
Cape
Degree of difficulty with which basic activities are
carried out
Some difficulty 18 39 67 9 11 5 35 6 31 221
A lot of difficulty 6 10 18 2 3 6 17 4 8 74
Unable to do 4 6 19 2 6 4 11 2 15 69
Total 29 54 104 13 20 15 63 12 54 364
Communication
Total 5 044 5 981 9 551 1 039 2 644 3 158 9 968 3 291 4 669 45 345
Total 5 044 5 981 9 551 1 039 2 644 3 158 9 968 3 291 4 669 45 345
Total aged 5 years and older
Totals exclude the ‘don’t know’ and ‘No difficulty’ options as well as unspecified.
Numbers below 10 000 are too small to provide accurate estimates. Sensitive cells are indicated by an asterisk.
Due to rounding, numbers do not necessarily add up to totals.
Only individuals aged 5 years and older are used for this analysis as children below the age of five years are often mistakenly categorized as being unable to walk, remember, communicate or care for themselves
when it is due to their level of development rather than any innate disabilities they might have. These issues are however actively addressed during training of fieldworkers.
General Household Survey, July 2011