TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - The prevalence of locomotor disability and handicap in the Cape Peninsula. Part II. The black population of Nyanga
JO  - South African medical journal SAMJ
A1  - Disler, P. B.
A1  - Jacka, E.
A1  - Sayed, A. R.
A1  - Rip, M. R.
A1  - Hurford, S.
A1  - Collis, P.
SP  - 353
EP  - 355
VL  - 69
IS  - 6
N2  - A door-to-door survey to identify the locomotor-disabled was carried out on 8.5% of the population of a black residential area of the Cape Peninsula (2072 people). The prevalence rate of locomotor disability was 18.3/1000; causes of disability related to illness (36.8%), trauma (31.6%) and congenital factors (23.7%). The main illnesses described were cerebrovascular accidents (26.1%) and poliomyelitis (21.7%). Persons aged 15 years or less constituted 18,4% of the disabled, while 42.1% were aged 16-59 years and 39.5% 60 years or more. Although many of the disabled individuals identified could move about independently, the proportion bedridden was high (15.8%). At the time of the survey 13.3% of adults were working and 51.1% of children over 6 years old attended school. Eighty per cent had no contact with health services.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0038-2469
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -