Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The 2002 Population and Housing CensusTable 9.22: Causes of Disability by Broad Age Group*Age GroupCause of Disability 0-9 10-29 30-59 60+ TotalDisease/illness 55.9 55.9 55.3 44.1 53.0Congenital (born with a disability) 31.9 24.3 11.4 4.8 16.8Accidents 6.1 11.0 19.4 14.0 14.3Natural ageing process - - 8.4 33.9 12.0War 0.2 1.0 2.7 1.2 1.5Other causes 8.4 9.1 2.9 2.0 2.4Total 100 100 100 100 100* For primary disability only9.4.5 Rehabilitation of PWD’sThe rehabilitation of persons with disabilities is a process that aims at enabling theperson to attain a certain mental, physical or social functional level, thus providing thetools and skills needed to change his or her life. These may include special educationor skills training, medical rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, etc. Government,through the PEAP is committed towards the expansion of Community BasedRehabilitation services, as an issue for priority attention in addition to othermainstreaming interventions for PWD’s.45 percent ofPWD’s did notreceive anyrehabilitationmeasureInformation was collected on persons with disabilities whether they had received anymeasures to improve their performance of activities during the 12 months prior to thecensus. Nearly 45 percent of PWD’s reported that they had not received any form ofrehabilitation. The percentage for PWD’s without any rehabilitation varied by type ofdisability. Those with speech difficulties had higher percentages (65 percent)compared to 42 percent for PWD’s with mobility problems.122