Prevalence of People with Physical, Mental and Intellectual Disabilities

Debated in Parliament on 3 Oct 2022.

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Dr Shahira Abdullah asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for the total number and prevalence rate of people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities, broken down by age.
The Minister responded that the latest disability prevalence estimates come from the 2020 Census, which used internationally recognized guidelines from the Washington Group on Disability Statistics.
The census data collected for the first time the proportion of persons unable to perform or having significant difficulty with at least one basic activity of living.
The questions in the census did not use the term “disability,” so the data covers a broader group than definitions used in Singapore’s Enabling Masterplans.
The Minister provided the census data across different age groups, though the specific figures were not included in the provided speech excerpt.

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Shahira Abdullah

Dr Shahira Abdullah asked the Minister for Social and Family Development what are the current total number and prevalence rate of people with physical disabilities, mental and intellectual disabilities, with these figures also divided according to age.

Masagos Zulkifli B M M

The latest estimates of disability prevalence that we have are based on Census 2020. For the first time, we collected data on the estimated proportion of persons who were unable to perform or had a lot of difficulty performing at least one basic activity of living. The census adopted the guidelines from the United Nations Statistics Division's Washington Group on Disability Statistics, which is internationally recognised for disability measures suitable for censuses and national surveys. However, the questions do not use the term "disability" and therefore cover a broader group than the definition used in our Enabling Masterplans.

The data from the census, across different age groups, is as follows:

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Dr Shahira Abdullah asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for the total number and prevalence rate of people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities, broken down by age.
The Minister responded that the latest disability prevalence estimates come from the 2020 Census, which used internationally recognized guidelines from the Washington Group on Disability Statistics.
The census data collected for the first time the proportion of persons unable to perform or having significant difficulty with at least one basic activity of living.
The questions in the census did not use the term “disability,” so the data covers a broader group than definitions used in Singapore’s Enabling Masterplans.
The Minister provided the census data across different age groups, though the specific figures were not included in the provided speech excerpt.

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Prevalence of People with Physical, Mental and Intellectual Disabilities

Debated in Parliament on 3 Oct 2022.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Dr Shahira Abdullah asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for the total number and prevalence rate of people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities, broken down by age.
The Minister responded that the latest disability prevalence estimates come from the 2020 Census, which used internationally recognized guidelines from the Washington Group on Disability Statistics.
The census data collected for the first time the proportion of persons unable to perform or having significant difficulty with at least one basic activity of living.
The questions in the census did not use the term “disability,” so the data covers a broader group than definitions used in Singapore’s Enabling Masterplans.
The Minister provided the census data across different age groups, though the specific figures were not included in the provided speech excerpt.

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Shahira Abdullah

Masagos Zulkifli B M M

The data from the census, across different age groups, is as follows:

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Dr Shahira Abdullah asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for the total number and prevalence rate of people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities, broken down by age.
The Minister responded that the latest disability prevalence estimates come from the 2020 Census, which used internationally recognized guidelines from the Washington Group on Disability Statistics.
The census data collected for the first time the proportion of persons unable to perform or having significant difficulty with at least one basic activity of living.
The questions in the census did not use the term “disability,” so the data covers a broader group than definitions used in Singapore’s Enabling Masterplans.
The Minister provided the census data across different age groups, though the specific figures were not included in the provided speech excerpt.

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