Chapter 1 Actual Status of Persons with Disabilities in Japan
Welfare for Persons with Disabilities in Japan 2007
1. Total Number of Persons with Disabilities in Japan
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| Total |
Persons living at home |
Persons living in institutions |
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Persons with physical disabilities |
3,516,000 (28) | 3,327,000 (27) | 189,000 (2) | |
| Under 18 years of age | 90,000 | 82,000 | 8,000 | |
| 18 years of age or older | 3,426,000 | 3,245,000 | 181,000 | |
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Persons with intellectual disabilities |
459,000 (4) | 329,000 (3) | 130,000 (1) | |
| Under 18 years of age | 103,000 | 94,000 | 9,000 | |
| 18 years of age or older | 342,000 | 221,000 | 121,000 | |
| Age unknown | 14,000 | 14,000 | 0 | |
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Persons with mental disabilities |
2,584,000 (21) | 2,239,000 (18) | 345,000 (3) | |
| Under the age of 20 years | 142,000 | 139,000 | 3,000 | |
| 20 years of age or older | 2,436,000 | 2,095,000 | 341,000 | |
| Age unknown | 6,000 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |
| Total | 6,559,000 (53) | 5,895,000 (48) | 664,000 (6) | |
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- The figures in parentheses are the numbers of persons out of a population of 1,000 (based on the Population Census in 2000).
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2. The number of persons with mental disabilities excludes patients with mental retardation from persons with Mental and Behavioral Disorders in ICD-10
Chapter V, and includes patients with epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. Outpatients of "Patient Survey" are regarded as "persons living at home", and
hospitalized patients as "persons living in institutions".
(ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems Tenth Revision published by World Health Organization (WHO))
- Sources:
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"Persons with physical disabilities"
- Persons living at home: "Survey on Actual Status of Children/Persons with Physical Disabilities" (2001) Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
- Persons living in institutions: "Survey of Social Welfare Institutions” (2000) and others, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
"Persons with intellectual disabilities"
- Persons living at home: "Comprehensive Survey on Children/Persons with Intellectual Disabilities" (2000) Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
- Persons living in institutions: "Survey on Social Welfare Institutions" (2000) and others, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
"Persons with mental disabilities"
- Persons living at home: "Patient Survey" (2002) Department of Health and Welfare for Persons with Disabilities, Social Welfare and the War Victim Relief Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
- Persons living in institutions: "Patient Survey" (2002) Department of Health and Welfare for Persons with Disabilities, Social Welfare and the War Victim Relief Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
2. Number of Persons with Physical Disabilities by Type and Degree of Disabilities
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| Total | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 |
Grade unknown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
3,245,000 (100.0%) |
850,000 (26.2%) |
614,000 (18.9%) |
602,000 (18.6%) |
660,000 (20.3%) |
260,000 (8.0%) |
216,000 (6.7%) |
45,000 (1.4%) |
| Visual impairment |
301,000 (100.0%) |
105,000 (34.9%) |
74,000 (24.6%) |
27,000 (9.0%) |
28,000 (9.3%) |
34,000 (11.3%) |
32,000 (10.6%) |
1,000 (0.3%) |
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Hearing/speech impairment |
346,000 (100.0%) |
1,000 (0.3%) |
88,000 (25.4%) |
70,000 (20.2%) |
64,000 (18.5%) |
5,000 (1.4%) |
101,000 (29.2%) |
17,000 (4.9%) |
| Physical disorders |
1,749,000 (100.0%) |
243,000 (13.9%) |
445,000 (25.4%) |
341,000 (19.5%) |
397,000 (22.7%) |
221,000 (12.6%) |
83,000 (4.7%) |
19,000 (1.1%) |
| Internal disorders |
849,000 (100.0%) |
501,000 (59.0%) |
6,000 (0.7%) |
165,000 (19.4%) |
170,000 (20.0%) |
- (-) |
- (-) |
7,000 (0.8%) |
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Multiple disabilities (double count) |
175,000 (100.0%) |
88,000 (50.3%) |
47,000 (26.9%) |
22,000 (12.6%) |
8,000 (4.6%) |
4,000 (2.3%) |
1,000 (0.6%) |
6,000 (3.4%) |
3. Number of Children/Persons with Intellectual Disabilities by Degree of Disabilities
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| Total | Severest | Severe | Moderate | Mild |
Degree unknown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
329,200 (100.0%) |
45,500 (13.8%) |
92,600 (28.1%) |
77,600 (23.6%) |
73,200 (22.2%) |
40,300 (12.2%) |
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Children with intellectual disabilities (under 18 years of age) |
93,600 (100.0%) |
17,800 (19.1%) |
30,700 (32.8%) |
17,800 (19.1%) |
18,300 (19.5%) |
9,000 (9.6%) |
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Persons with intellectual disabilities (18 years of age or older) |
221,200 (100.0%) |
26,700 (12.1%) |
59,700 (27.0%) |
57,400 (25.9%) |
52,100 (23.6%) |
25,300 (11.4%) |
| Age unknown |
14,400 (100.0%) |
1,000 (6.9%) |
2,200 (15.3%) |
2,400 (16.7%) |
2,800 (19.4%) |
6,000 (41.7%) |
4. Percentage of Persons with Mental Disabilities by Types of Mental Disorders
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This bar graph shows the percentage of persons with mental disabilities classified by 8
categories of mental disorders and whether they are hospitalized or not.
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1. Epilepsy, Hospitalized, 2.1%, Not hospitalized, 11.2%
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2. Alzheimer's disease Hospitalized, 5.4%, Not hospitalized, 3.1%
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3. Other mental and behavioral disorder Hospitalized, 3.6%, Not hospitalized, 4.0%
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4. Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, Hospitalized, 1.7%, Not hospitalized, 22.0%
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5. Mood (affective) disorders (including mania and depression), Hospitalized, 7.7%, Not hospitalized, 30.6%
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6. Schizophrenia, schizotypal disorders and delusional disorders, Hospitalized, 58.9%, Not hospitalized, 23.7%
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7. Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use, Hospitalized, 5.1%, Not hospitalized, 1.7%
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8. Vascular and unspecified dementia, Hospitalized, 15.5%, Not hospitalized, 3.7%
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Note:
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The number of persons with mental disabilities is that of persons of mental disorders and others.
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Source:
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Estimate based on Patient Survey (2002)
This bar graph shows the percentage of persons with mental disabilities classified by 8 categories of mental disorders and whether they are hospitalized or not.
- 1. Epilepsy, Hospitalized, 2.1%, Not hospitalized, 11.2%
- 2. Alzheimer's disease Hospitalized, 5.4%, Not hospitalized, 3.1%
- 3. Other mental and behavioral disorder Hospitalized, 3.6%, Not hospitalized, 4.0%
- 4. Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, Hospitalized, 1.7%, Not hospitalized, 22.0%
- 5. Mood (affective) disorders (including mania and depression), Hospitalized, 7.7%, Not hospitalized, 30.6%
- 6. Schizophrenia, schizotypal disorders and delusional disorders, Hospitalized, 58.9%, Not hospitalized, 23.7%
- 7. Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use, Hospitalized, 5.1%, Not hospitalized, 1.7%
- 8. Vascular and unspecified dementia, Hospitalized, 15.5%, Not hospitalized, 3.7%
The number of persons with mental disabilities is that of persons of mental disorders and others.
Estimate based on Patient Survey (2002)
