Africa-Press – Cape verde. The prevalence of disability in the population aged 18 and over is higher among women (16.3%) than among men (10.9%), with visual impairment being the most common, followed by limitations in mobility, cognition, hearing, and communication, as revealed today by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
According to the INE, the prevalence of disability increases significantly with age, rising from 5% among children aged 5 to 17 to 11.1% in the adult population aged 40 to 49, reaching 55.9% among people aged 80 or over, a difference of 50.9 percentage points compared to younger age groups.
The sex-adjusted prevalence of disability in the population aged 18 and over is higher among women (16.3%) than among men (10.9%), a difference of 5.4 percentage points.
By domain, the INE (National Institute of Statistics) indicates that the main disability is vision, affecting 8.3% of the total population, followed by mobility, with 4.3%, cognition (concentration), affecting 2.7% of the population, hearing, with a total percentage of 2.3%, and lastly, communication, with a total percentage of 0.9%.
Approximately 3 in 10 adults (28.8%) aged 18 or over who live with a disability have no schooling, while those without disabilities represent 7.5%.
It is observed that most of the population aged 18 or over with disabilities study up to primary school.
The percentage of children aged 5 to 17 with at least one disability is 5.0%. The most common type of disability is vision, affecting 3.1% of children in this age group, followed by concentration (cognition), with 1.1%.
The percentage of children with disabilities between the ages of 5 and 17 who are not currently attending an educational institution is higher than that of children without disabilities, a difference of about 5%.
Among children living with some disability, 5.4% have at least one deceased parent, while this percentage is 4.6% among children without disabilities.
In terms of living with parents (father and/or mother) in the household, the situation of children with disabilities is more favorable than that of children without disabilities.
The INE (National Institute of Statistics) also states that about 18% of children with disabilities live without their parents, while for children without disabilities, this percentage reaches 20.5%.
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