Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

March 7, 2023 Dear CHRISTIAN PATARAY, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 06, 2023 05:31:22 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Latest number of persons diagnosed as blind per region. Your FOI request is approved. In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following published data: a) Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: For Household Population Five Years Old and Over (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/node/168274 Table C. Household Population 5 Years Old and Over by Age Group, Sex, Domain or Type of Functional Difficulty, and Level of Severity: Philippines, 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/%28approved%29Statistical%20Tables%20on%20Functional%20Difficulty_PMMJ_CRD.xlsx b) Persons with Disability in the Philippines (Results from the 2010 Census): https://psa.gov.ph/content/persons-disability-philippines-results-2010-census Table 1. Household Population with Disability by Age Group, Sex, and Region: Philippines, 2010: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Disability%20by%20Age%20Group%20and%20Sex.pdf c) National Disability Prevalence Survey: https://psa.gov.ph/content/national-disability-prevalence-survey FIGURE 3.24: Health conditions and impairments: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2016%20NDPS.pdf For more information on this data, you may coordinate with the following agencies: a) National Council on Disability Affairs: https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-data/ b) Resources for the Blind, Inc.: http://www.blind.org.ph/ We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service