title: The prevalence of locomotor disability and handicap in the Cape Peninsula. Part I. The coloured population of Bishop Lavis.
abstract: A door-to-door survey to identify the locomotor disabled was carried out on 33.35% of the so-called coloured population in a low socio-economic area of the Cape Peninsula (9112 people). The prevalence rate of locomotor disability was 11.2/1000. The main causes of disability were illness (44.1%) and trauma (41.2%); the former resulted mostly from cerebrovascular accidents (15.7%) and poliomyelitis (15.7%). Of the disabled persons 11.8% were 15 years of age or less, 57.8% between the ages of 16 and 59 years and 30.4% were more than 60 years. Of those in the working-age group 15% were employed. Few of the unemployed had hobbies or interests or had any contact with health or social services.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; 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