Statistics for the International Day of Disabled Persons 2007
- 11,532 people with disabilities registered in 2008
- In 2007, 10,291 persons were registered as having a disability
- 21% of the population aged over 59 in 2008
- Today is the International Day of Families 2008
- Third of EU population could not afford unexpected expenditure in 2007
- ‘Mothers and Families: Challenges in a changing World’
- Total population in Malta at end of 2008 stood at 413,609
- World Population Day – Statistics for Gozo and Malta
- Statistics on Dance Schools from 2006 to 2007 are released
- Labour Force Survey for the 2nd quarter of 2008
- EU27 spent 26.9% of GDP on social protection
- Social Security Benefits increase by 9.2% in 2008
- International Women’s Day – Participation in the labour force
- Expenditure of general government sector by function 2002-6
- Social Protection outlay exceeds 32.6% of government expenditure
According to the Census of Population and Housing 2005, there were 21,040 persons who stated they had some form of long-term disability. 51.6 per cent of these were males, and the largest proportion – 38.1 per cent – were aged 65 and over. The most common disability was a physical impairment, with 32.0 per cent of the total citing this. This form of disability was the most common for all persons aged 25 and over, whereas for persons aged under 25 visual and intellectual impairments were the most common, followed by physical.
There were a total of 17,640 persons – 12.6 per cent of the total population living in private households – who were living in a private household where a person with a disability also resided. 83.1 per cent of these were living in a household with one person with a disability, 14.9 per cent in a household with two persons with a disability, and the remainder in a household with 3 or more persons having a disability. The majority of persons having a disability were inactive (81.7 per cent), of which 41.7 per cent were retired. 15.3 per cent of these persons said they were employed during 2005.
Between 1991 and 2006, government expenditure on disability benefits as a percentage of government expenditure on all benefits averaged 1.6%. This figure was highest in 1992, where expenditure on disability benefits made up 1.8% of the total.
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