Dear eFOI user,
Thank you for your request dated August 18, 2024, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
You have requested the Statistics on PWD
I am pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved.
Apologies for the delayed response.
In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following:
- population / current number of PWD/people with special needs per city in the Philippines (especially Luzon) as per year 2019 – 2024,
- Latest number of persons with disabilities (PWD)/people with special needs that are registered per disability type or classification (Eg. Visual disability, Autism Spectrum disorder, orthopedic disability, hearing/speech disability, etc.) ,
you may refer to our Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/index
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22CPH%20-%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing.%22
Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: For Household Population Five Years Old and Over (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/168274
Statistical Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/2022-12/%2528approved%2529Statistical%2520Tables%2520on%2520Functional%2520Difficulty_PMMJ_CRD.xlsx
National Disability Prevalence Survey (NDPS): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey/index
2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Disability%20Prevalence%20Survey
NDPS Publication: 2.1.2 Household Population by Highest Educational Attainment https://library.psa.gov.ph/kohaimages/PSA/ebookreader/viewebook.html?out=1&d=pdf/dfc003a8cf2d4a4e3b16b8b5df94883a_2016%20NDPS.pdf&speech=1&ref=https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Disability%20Prevalence%20Survey&biblionumber=15629#book/
Gender and Development: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics
Social Welfare and Development: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics/wmf/social_welfare_and_development
Women and Men FactSheet 2023 – Revised: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/phdsd/2023%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men_Revised_0.xlsx
Philippine Statistical Yearbook: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
Chapter 12: Social Services
Table 12.1a Household Population and Number of Persons with Disability by Region: 2010
Table 12.1b Household Population with Disability by Age Group and by Sex: 2010: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/12_2022.xlsx
- Number of Persons with disabilities (PWD) who are enrolled in Special Education Schools (SPED) and/or taking Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Philippines, 2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook: Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
TABLE 10.1a Enrollment in Public and Private Schools by Level of Education: SY 2000-01 to SY 2020-21: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_1a.xlsx
Note: For SY 2014-2015 to SY 2020-2021, enrollment data in elementary and junior high school include learners with disabilities (lwds).
- Number of PWD/people with special needs who go to rehabilitation centers in the Philippines - Population per disability type who go to rehabilitation centers in the Philippines, as per 2019 – 2024, unfortunately, we do not have specific data on this, you may refer to the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH): https://ncmh.gov.ph/
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Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service