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Persons legally recognised as being disabled. By type of disability

Persons legally recognised as being disabled. By type of disability Catalonia. 2018
Value Variation (%)
Motor physical 195,544 3.5
Non motor physical 118,295 3.0
Visual 33,826 1.2
Hearing 32,315 3.2
Intellectual disability 62,748 8.8
Mentally ill 113,886 3.2
Multiple disability (physical and intellectual) 5,000 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Not stated 20,413 35.9
Total 582,027 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
(b) Break in time series.
(z) Category not applicable.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: November 21, 2019.

Methodological note

It provides information regarding those who, as of 31 December, had a legal recognition of being disabled in a degree of disability higher than 32%.

The presentation of the data by type of disability is done according the typology normally used by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families. It is based on the features of the main disability of the affected individual.

In 2015 there was an break in time series for administrative reasons: on the one hand, the incorporation of people benefiting from contributory invalidity pensions that were not previously acknowledged and, on the other, a special delisting editing process.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.

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