Indicator 8.1

Explanatory notes on data sources and collection methods (as reported by governments)

Afghanistan (National Disability Survey, 2005; Afghanistan recently collected disability information by state, no national figure is available yet); American Samoa (population census, 2010); Armenia (Registers of the Agency of Medical and Social Expertise; prevalence is drawn from ESCAP Disability at a Glance, 2015; Australia (Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, 2012); Azerbaijan (estimated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population, 2011); Bangladesh (Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010); Bhutan (population census, 2005); Brunei Darussalam (derived from population census, 2011, the early intervention medical report and the walk-in welfare and disability registration); Cambodia (Cambodia Socioeconomic Survey, 2014); China (Second National Survey on Disability, 2006); Cook Islands (government update of the Disability Survey, 2012); Democratic People's Republic of Korea (population census, 2008); Fiji (National Baseline Survey, 2010); French Polynesia (Ministry of Health, 2005); Georgia (population census, 2014); Guam (population census, 2010); Hong Kong, China (Survey on Persons with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases, 2013); India (population census, 2011); Indonesia (Intercensal Population Survey, 2015); Iran, Islamic Republic of (population census, 2011); Japan (derived from Survey on Persons with Difficulties in Daily Living, 2013, Patient Survey, 2014 and Survey of Social Welfare Institutions, 2011; prevalence is drawn from ESCAP Disability at a Glance, 2015); Kazakhstan (Registers of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, 2011); Kiribati (derived from 2004–2005 National Disability Survey and Ministry of Health data); Kyrgyzstan (State Statistical Report of Ministry of Social Development and National Statistical Committee, 2014); Lao People's Democratic Republic (population census, 2015); Macao, China (Disability Assessment and Registration System by Social Welfare Bureau); Malaysia (population census, 2010); Maldives (Demographic and Health Survey, 2009); Marshall Islands (population census, 2011); Micronesia, Federated States of (population census, 2010); Mongolia (revised data of population census, 2010); Myanmar (population census, 2014); Nauru (population census, 2011); Nepal (population census, 2011); New Caledonia (Study on Persons with Disabilities, 2013); New Zealand (Household Disability Survey, 2013); Niue (population census, 2011); Northern Mariana Islands (population census, 2010); Pakistan (population census, 1998); Palau (population census, 2015); Papua New Guinea (Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2009–2010); Philippines (population census, 2010); Republic of Korea (derived from Registered Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2015 and population statistics based on Resident Registration, Ministry of Interior, 2015); Russian Federation (Pension Fund registers); Samoa (population census, 2011); Singapore (Ministry of Education report; data refer to (i) student population, (ii) resident population aged 18–29 and (iii) resident population aged 50 or older); Solomon Islands (population census, 2009); Sri Lanka (population census, 2012); Tajikistan (State Statistical Agency estimates, 2011); Thailand (database of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2016); Timor-Leste (population census, 2015); Tonga (Housing and Income Expenditure Survey, 2016); Turkey (Population Survey, 2011); Turkmenistan (State Statistics Committee Report, 2005 and Ministry of Labour and Social Protection Population Report, 2012: data refer to the number of children with disabilities aged 16 or younger receiving disability allowances; prevalence estimates were not available); Tuvalu (Report on the Elderly, Disabled and Employment); Uzbekistan (Country Profile on Disability, 2002); Vanuatu (population census, 2009); and Viet Nam (population census, 2009).