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 Disability degree attributed (No.) to the resident population with disability
Characteristic Description
Name Disability degree attributed (No.) to the resident population with disability by Place of residence (at the date of Census 2001) and Incapacity degree rank; Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2001
First available period 2001
Last available period 2001
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Parish - at the Census moment 2001)
  • Incapacity degree rank
Concepts
  • IMPAIRMENT:  Any loss or deviation of physiological, neurological or anatomical structure or function of an organ or body part (organ and body dimension).
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • DISABILITY:  Any limitation or lack of ability that a person experiences in performing an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a person, in other words, a limitation in learning, speaking, walking or some other activity (individual dimension).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Definition DEGREE OF INCAPACITY
The assessment of incapacity is determined in accordance with the National Incapacity Table; the determination of the degree of incapacity is the responsibility of medical commissions created for this purpose.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 31/05/2007


information presented in 19/12/2025