As Population Grows Older, Number of Disabled Chinese Soars

2006-12-11 13:01:09 Xinhua

2006-12-01

There are now an estimated 82.96 million disabled people in China, an increase of 31 million on the 1987 figure, according to a national survey publicized on Friday.

The big increase reflects the huge increase in China's aging population.

Of the total number of disabled, 44.16 million are aged over 60, an increase of 23.65 million on the first survey in 1987. Seniors accounts for three quarters of the increase in the numbers of the nation's disabled, according to the Second China National Sample Survey on Disability.

The survey was conducted by 16 government departments including the National Statistics Bureau, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the China Disabled Persons' Federation in all 31 provinces on the Chinese mainland from April 1 to May 31, 2006.

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