2. World Report on Disability
• >1 billion people with disabilities in the world
• 110-190 million experience v. significant difficulties
3. Wide impact of disability
• School
• Work
• Social
• Service access
• Poverty
4. Are people with disabilities
more likely to have poor health?
5. Disability and serious illness: boys
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
DominicanRep
Ecuador
ElSalvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Benin
Egypt
Guinea
Kenya
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Senegal
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
India
Indonesia
Nepal
Philippines
SriLanka
Vietnam
More in CWD
Odds Ratio
6. Disability and serious illness: boys
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
DominicanRep
Ecuador
ElSalvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Benin
Egypt
Guinea
Kenya
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Senegal
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
India
Indonesia
Nepal
Philippines
SriLanka
Vietnam
More in CWD
Odds Ratio
7. Disability and serious illness: girls
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
DominicanRep
Ecuador
ElSalvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Benin
Egypt
Guinea
Kenya
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Senegal
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
India
Indonesia
Nepal
Philippines
SriLanka
Vietnam
More in CWD
Odds Ratio
8. Serious illness in last 12 months
STUDY ODDS RATIO (95% CI)
• Tanzania: 2.8 (1.6-4.9)
• Cameroon: 1.9 (1.4-2.7)
• India: 3.2 (2.1-4.8)
9. Chronic conditions more common in people
with disabilities:
• Hypertension
• Arthritis
• Diabetes
• Osteoporosis
• HIV
• Psychological disorders