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Persons legally recognised as being disabled. By type of disability

Persons legally recognised as being disabled. By type of disability Catalonia. 2020
Value Variation (%)
Physical 331,950 0.6
Visual 34,078 -1.1
Hearing 33,825 0.9
Intellectual disability 68,780 3.1
Mentally ill 118,642 0.1
Multiple disability (physical and intellectual) 5,942 1.2
Not stated 22,835 4.3
Total 616,052 0.8
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

Last update: April 26, 2021.

Methodological note

It provides information regarding those who, as of 31 December, had a legal recognition of being disabled in a degree of disability higher than 32%.

The presentation of the data by type of disability is done according the typology normally used by the Government of Catalonia. It is based on the features of the main disability of the affected individual.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.