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Considering the national scenario, India has about 70 million disabled people, says Rama Chari, senior programme officer, NCPEDP.
KOCHI, DEC. 25. Around 2.7 per cent of the population of Kerala is disabled. The disabilities include chronic fits, strange behaviour, and difficulty in moving around, seeing, hearing, learning and feeling.
There are more women among the disabled in the State. Out of a total of 8,66,598 disabled, 4,45,511 are females and 4,21,088 males.
The district-wise pattern exists in cases of difficulty to move around. There are 3,72,637 people with disability of this kind. Malappuram has 42,481 people in this category and Thiruvananthapuram 37,859. Ernakulam occupies third position with 36,263 people with moving disability. Notably, 43 per cent of the disabled population in the State belongs to this category. A total of 1.17 per cent of the population in the State have difficulty in moving around.
2007-03-25 03:37:19
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