Disability Statistics In Malaysia 2018
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Disability statistics in malaysia 2018. Orang kurang upaya or oku as of 2007 there are 197 519 people in malaysia with various category of disability. The annual disability statistics compendium and its complement the annual disability statistics supplement are summaries of statistics about. Other disability statistics and data tools. Find how a state is performing across a variety of health indicators such as vaccine coverage and preventive services for people with disabilities compared with.
Dhds cdc s innovative disability and health data tool find data on a range of health indicators for states and compare the health of adults with disabilities and without disabilities. It is twice more common in boys than girls. Labour force in malaysia increased 2 0 to nearly 15 3 million persons in 2018 female lfpr rose 0 5 percentage points to 55 2 per cent in 2018 children statistics malaysia 2018. It could be divided into general or specific learning disabilities.
Other terms used for learning disabilities include intellectual disabilities mental retardation in usa and learning difficulties in uk. The country is a state party to the united nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities having signed on 8 april 2008 and ratified the treaty on 19 july 2010. Workforce participation among people with disabilities is low with approximately 4 500 workers in public and private sectors as of 2018. He urged the government to come out with comprehensive studies focusing on the challenges faced by the disabled in malaysia as the existing official statistics radically understate the.
Learning disability is a common problem encountered by about 5 10 of school children. Government agencies generate and publish disability statistics and as a result the data or the information are scattered across various federal government documents and websites. The main areas covered are population housing health education employment welfare services public safety and communication recreation.