1. Some figures about Disabled People in Turkey Disabled People in Turkey Asist. Prof. Mahmut Geyik

2. The proportion of disability, 2002 A. Total B. Male C. Female Total disabled population Orthopedically, seeing, hearing, speaking and mentally disabled population Population having chronic illnesses ABC ABC ABC Turkey12.2911.1013.45 2.583.052.12 9.708.0511.33 Age group 0-94.154.693.56 1.541.701.37 2.602.982.20 10-194.634.984.28 1.962.261.65 2.672.722.63 20-297.307.597.04 2.503.341.74 4.804.245.30 30-3911.4410.4312.42 2.563.181.95 8.897.2610.46 40-4918.0715.1521.08 2.653.291.99 15.4311.8619.09 50-5927.6722.5632.67 3.233.732.74 24.4418.8329.94 60-6936.9631.6042.02 5.145.654.65 31.8225.9537.37 70+43.9939.7747.77 7.898.457.38 36.1031.3240.39 Unknown11.686.3014.17 0.340.530.25 11.335.7714.09 Place of residence Urban12.7011.3813.99 2.202.601.81 10.498.7812.18 Rural11.6710.6912.63 3.163.742.59 8.506.9510.04

3. The proportion of disabled population by the status of literacy, 6>= age Orthopedically, seeing, hearing, speaking and mentally disabled population Population having chronic illnesses Illiterate Literate IlliterateLiterate Turkey36.3363.67 24.8175.19 Place of residence Urban29.5870.42 20.4979.51 Rural43.4456.56 32.8567.15 Sex Male28.1471.86 9.7890.22 Female48.0151.99 35.0464.96

4. The proportion of disabled population by labor force status, [15>= age] Labor force participation rate Unemployment rate Population rate not in labor force Orthopedically, seeing, hearing, speaking and mentally disabled population Turkey21.71 15.46 78.29 Place of residence Urban25.61 17.43 74.39 Rural17.76 12.58 82.24 Sex Male32.22 14.57 67.78 Female6.71 21.54 93.29 Population having chronic illnesses Turkey22.87 10.77 77.13 Place of residence Urban23.08 12.72 76.92 Rural22.48 7.08 77.52 Sex Males46.58 10.28 53.42 Females7.21 12.84 92.79