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29/09/2024
WHO - Global Disability Fact Sheet - 2023
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KEY FACTS
●An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world’s population, or 1 in 6 of us.
●Some persons with disabilities die up to 20 years earlier than those without disabilities.
●Persons with disabilities have twice the risk of developing conditions such as depression, asthma, diabetes, stroke, obesity or poor oral health.
●Persons with disabilities face many health inequities.
●Persons with disabilities find inaccessible and unaffordable transportation 15 times more difficult than for those without disabilities.
●Health inequities arise from unfair conditions faced by persons with disabilities, including stigma, discrimination, poverty, exclusion from education and employment, and barriers faced in the health system itself.
Source: WHO Disability Fact Sheet - 2023
Further info, read: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-healthhttps://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health:
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