Data on population indicate that:
During recent years the number of people with disabilities remains in the region of 5% population. In 2008 4.8% (108.2 thousand) of the general population have a ‘disability' (out of 2270.9 thousand people in Latvia), of which 50.5% male and 49.5% female. Of these 1.1% are under age 4; 12% aged 55-59. 2% (2.1 thousand) disabled people are children. (Ministry of Welfare Statistical bulletin ‘People with Disabilities 2003-2007 part 1 and part 2). There is no specific statistical data of number of disabled people by type of impairment.
