title: The prevalence of locomotor disability and handicap in the Cape Peninsula. Part II. The black population of Nyanga.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa; D014186:Transportation