J Korean Acad Rehabil Med.  1998 Feb;22(1):84-92.

A Survey of the Prevalence of the Physically Disabled in the Rural Community

• Kim HB
• Park SB
• Lee SG
• Lee KM
• Shin YJ
• Choi BY

Abstract

The purpose of this study were to obtain the prevalence of the physically disabled order as a basic data for the planning of Community-Based Rehabilitation in a rural community and to evaluate the seventy of the physically disabled by according to the physical disability grade. The total residents in the community were surveyed to in May 1996. The prevalence of the physically disabled was 6.92% of the total population. The male: female ratio was 1:0.7. The most freguent age for the on set of physical disability was sixties and this group represented 35.5% of all physical disabilities. The majority of the physically disabled was graded an 10 th, 11 th, 12 th grade. The prevalence of the physically disabled in this study was higher than that a the previous study due to the inclurion of more mild disability groups were important in the prevalence of the physically disabled.

Keyword

Prevalence; Physically disabled; Community-based rehabilitation

MeSH Terms

Disabled Persons*
Female
Humans
Male
Prevalence*
Rehabilitation
Rural Population*