| Autor: |
P B, Disler, E, Jacka, A R, Sayed, M R, Rip, S, Hurford, P, Collis |
| Rok vydání: |
1986 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde. 69(6) |
| ISSN: |
0256-9574 |
| Popis: |
A door-to-door survey to identify the locomotor-disabled was carried out on 8.5% of the population of a black residential area of the Cape Peninsula (2072 people). The prevalence rate of locomotor disability was 18.3/1000; causes of disability related to illness (36.8%), trauma (31.6%) and congenital factors (23.7%). The main illnesses described were cerebrovascular accidents (26.1%) and poliomyelitis (21.7%). Persons aged 15 years or less constituted 18,4% of the disabled, while 42.1% were aged 16-59 years and 39.5% 60 years or more. Although many of the disabled individuals identified could move about independently, the proportion bedridden was high (15.8%). At the time of the survey 13.3% of adults were working and 51.1% of children over 6 years old attended school. Eighty per cent had no contact with health services. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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