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A total of 743,800 New Zealanders or 20 percent of the total population (excluding people living in some special types of residential facilities) are limited in their daily activities because of the long-term effects of a disability. Information about the experience of disability in New Zealand is becoming increasingly important as the population ages and New Zealand strives to eliminate barriers faced by people with disabilities.

The 2001 New Zealand Disability Survey provides statistical information on the nature and extent of disability in New Zealand, and the circumstances of people with disabilities, including their use of and unmet need for services and support.

Household Disability Survey and Disability Survey of Residential Facilities - in 2001 Statistics New Zealand ran a Disability Survey. The results of this survey are comparable with the 1996 Disability Survey.

Information Releases

2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 9 (Psychiatric and Psychological Disabilities)
2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 8 (Intellectual Disabilities)
2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 7 (Physical Disabilities)
2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 6 (Sensory Disabilities)
2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 5 (Children)
2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 4 (People in Residential Care)
2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 3 (Pacific Peoples)
2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 2 (Maori)
2001 New Zealand Disability Survey Snapshot 1 (Key Facts)

Publications

Disability Counts (2001) - Reference Reports
Disability Counts (1998) - Reference Reports
1996 Household Disability Survey

Classifications and Standards

2001 Household Disability Survey
Disability - glossary term
Disability Rate - glossary term

Overview Information

Older People in New Zealand

Disability
Health and life expectancy

Children in New Zealand - Disability affects one in nine children

Looking Past the 20th Century - Disabilities

Related Information

Health survey

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This page last modified on: 07 April 2004