Disability profiling of India and Maharashtra in census 2011 with decadal variation

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Disability profiling of India and Maharashtra in census 2011 with decadal variation

Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2

Abstract

Background: As per Census 2011, in India, out of the 121 Cr population, about 2.68 Cr persons are ‘disabled’ which is 2.21% of the total population. In an era where ‘inclusive development’ is being emphasised as the right path towards sustainable development, focussed initiatives for the welfare of disabled persons are essential. This emphasises the need for strengthening disability statistics in the Country Aims and Objectives: To study Disability profiling of India and Maharashtra in Census 2011 with decadal ariation. Methodology: This was a Census based study carried out in the one month period i.e. May 2018 at tertiary health care centre i.e. in Census 2011 and 2001 with respect to the disabled population all the disabled population with respect to age, sex, urban, rural, type of disability etc. was noted, the data was collected from the data available on the Census of 2011 and 2001 of respective years website. Result: In overall India, majority (69%) of the disabled population resided in rural areas (1.86 Cr disabled persons in rural areas and 0.81 Cr in urban areas). In the case of total population also, 69% are from rural areas while the remaining 31% resided in urban areas. The majority of the disabled populations were in the age group of 10-19 Yrs. As per the census 2011 ; the percentage of disabled to the total population increased from 2.13% in 2001 to 2.21% in 2011. In rural areas, the increase was from 2.21% in 2001 to 2.24% in 2011 whereas, in urban areas, it increased from 1.93% to 2.17% during this period. The same trend was bserved among males and females during this period. The percentage decadal change in isabled population during 2001 -2011 is 22.4, whereas for the total population, the percentage decadal change is 17.7. The most common type of disability was in ovement i.e. 20% followed by in hearing 19%. The majority of the disabled population from Maharashtra were in the age group of 20-29 Yrs. i.e. 492115 followed by 10-19 were 484883 As per the 2001 census, the most common disability was Visual i.e. 5.81 lakhs followed by Locomotor were 5.7 lakhs Conclusion: The prevalence of disability is increasing in all India and also in Maharashtra also as per the decadal period in the two subsequent censuses if this trend will continue in the future there will tremendous number of persons with disability so country has to bear the burden of it not only economical but also health, lack employment and also the basic needs of them

Authors and Affiliations

Ashlesha Tawde Kelkar, Prasad Waingankar, Seema Anjenaya

Keywords

Census 2011 Census 2001 Disabled population.

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