Survey suggests tenth of population suffers health disability

A unique survey released by the Czech Statistical Office on Friday has suggested that people with some kind of health disability make up 10 percent of the Czech population (around 1 million people). The study took into account random reports from 548 general practitioners and paediatricians. The authors processed information about more than ten thousand patients in making their estimate. Of 1.15 million people suffering a disability 52 percent are men, 48, women. 72 percent, the survey found, were not professionally active, while 79 percent lived off their pension.

Author: Jan Velinger