Number of severely handicapped persons with official certification absolute and per 100,000 inhabitants. Classification: years, region, type of disability, extent of disability

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Region: Germany, Extent of disability: Total, Number and rate: Severely handicapped persons absolute

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Types of disability	Year (descending)
	1993	1995	2005	2011	2013	2015	2000	2010	2012	2014
Total	6,384,350	6,496,535	6,765,355	7,289,175	7,548,965	7,615,560	-	-	-	-
Loss or partial loss of extremities	121,455	117,410	78,805	64,330	62,390	59,625	-	-	-	-
Functional restrictions of extremities	964,555	995,225	950,760	976,665	985,085	959,760	-	-	-	-
Functional restrictions of the spinal       column and the trunk, deformation of       the rib cage	1,004,770	1,014,090	878,020	867,030	906,220	886,920	-	-	-	-
Blindness and sight impairments	314,405	330,165	347,225	350,655	357,020	354,570	-	-	-	-
Language or speech impediments,       deafness or hearing difficulties,       balance disorders	243,340	251,400	276,240	305,135	315,800	319,350	-	-	-	-
Loss of one or both breasts,       disfigurations etc.	145,945	159,265	173,550	179,390	180,695	179,435	-	-	-	-
Impairment       of the functions of internal organs or       organ systems respectively	2,042,855	2,023,450	1,745,570	1,806,355	1,870,555	1,899,750	-	-	-	-
Paraplegia, cerebral disturbances,       mental and emotional disturbances,       addiction diseases	828,755	901,665	1,231,145	1,459,840	1,539,005	1,598,275	-	-	-	-
Other and inadequately designated       disturbances	718,270	703,860	1,084,035	1,279,770	1,332,190	1,357,870	-	-	-	-

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Region	Germany	Germany Baden-Wurttemberg Bavaria Berlin West Berlin East Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg Western Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Former federal territory Former territory of the Federal Republic of Germany including Berlin New Länder without Berlin
Extent of disability	Total	Total Extent of the disability 50 Extent of the disability 60 Extent of the disability 70 Extent of the disability 80 Extent of the disability 90 Extent of the disability 100
Number and rate	Severely handicapped persons absolute	Severely handicapped persons absolute Severely handicapped persons per 100,000 inhabitants

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• Statistics on the severely handicapped persons, Federal Statistical Office, Branch Bonn (more information on 
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  Data Source:	Statistics on the severely handicapped persons
  Contact:
  - Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
  - Data owner:	Abteilung H, Gruppe H 1, Referat H 16
  - Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
  - Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
  - Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
  - Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
  - Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
  Purpose of Data Collection:	The purpose of the severely disabled statistics is to make the information available for social-political planning as well as the basis of assessment for the implementation of measures and the assurance of services to the benefit of those involved.
  Legal Base:	Rechtsgrundlage ist das Neunte Buch Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB IX) - Rehabilitation und Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen in Verbindung mit dem Bundestatistikgesetz (BStatG). Erhoben werden die Angaben zu § 214 Abs. 1 des SGB IX. Den Wortlaut der nationalen Rechtsvorschriften in der jeweils geltenden Fassung finden Sie unter https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de.
  Data Collector:	Regional statistical offices.
  Reporting Stations:	Offices responsible for compensation benefits for disabilities - Regional statistical offices - Federal Statistical Office.
  Object under Review:	(Severely) disabled persons with valid papers.
  Interviewees:	State (Land) War Pension Office.
  Collection:
  - Instruments:	Data procurement form.
  - Periodicity:	Every two years.
  - First:	1979 (Disability statistics have been compiled every two years, under consideration of the lightly disabled since 1979, whereas only under consideration of the severely disabled since 1985).
  - Last:	31st December 2021
  Processing:
  - Periodicity:	Every two years.
  Publication:
  - Regular:	Statistisches Bundesamt, Fachserie 13, Reihe 5.1 (zweijährlich).
  - Irregular:	Statistisches Bundesamt, Wirtschaft und Statistik, verschiedene Hefte.
  Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Full survey.
  Conceivable Modifications:	-
  Comparable Data Sources:	-
  Remarks:	-
  Last Update:	May 11, 2023

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  Data Source:	Statistics on the severely handicapped persons
  Contact:
  - Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
  - Data owner:	Abteilung H, Gruppe H 1, Referat H 16
  - Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
  - Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
  - Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
  - Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
  - Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
  Purpose of Data Collection:	The purpose of the severely disabled statistics is to make the information available for social-political planning as well as the basis of assessment for the implementation of measures and the assurance of services to the benefit of those involved.
  Legal Base:	Rechtsgrundlage ist das Neunte Buch Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB IX) - Rehabilitation und Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen in Verbindung mit dem Bundestatistikgesetz (BStatG). Erhoben werden die Angaben zu § 214 Abs. 1 des SGB IX. Den Wortlaut der nationalen Rechtsvorschriften in der jeweils geltenden Fassung finden Sie unter https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de.
  Data Collector:	Regional statistical offices.
  Reporting Stations:	Offices responsible for compensation benefits for disabilities - Regional statistical offices - Federal Statistical Office.
  Object under Review:	(Severely) disabled persons with valid papers.
  Interviewees:	State (Land) War Pension Office.
  Collection:
  - Instruments:	Data procurement form.
  - Periodicity:	Every two years.
  - First:	1979 (Disability statistics have been compiled every two years, under consideration of the lightly disabled since 1979, whereas only under consideration of the severely disabled since 1985).
  - Last:	31st December 2021
  Processing:
  - Periodicity:	Every two years.
  Publication:
  - Regular:	Statistisches Bundesamt, Fachserie 13, Reihe 5.1 (zweijährlich).
  - Irregular:	Statistisches Bundesamt, Wirtschaft und Statistik, verschiedene Hefte.
  Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Full survey.
  Conceivable Modifications:	-
  Comparable Data Sources:	-
  Remarks:	-
  Last Update:	May 11, 2023

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• Update of the state of the population, Federal Statistical Office (more information on 
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  Data Source:	Update of the state of the population
  Contact:	Dr. Claire Grobecker Bevölkerungsfortschreibung, Ausländer- und Integrationsstatistiken +49 611 75-3178" >
  - Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
  - Data owner:	Abteilung F, Gruppe F 2, Referat F 24
  - Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
  - Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
  - Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
  - Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
  - Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
  Purpose of Data Collection:	The statistics provide current data on the population structure (sex, age, family status, nationality). Data are used from ministries and local administrations for administrative and policy purposes and for the organisation of elections, as well as from the scientific and economic sectors, institutes, organisations, media, private persons and the general public. They are the basis for population projections and are of decisive importance for the assessment of the long-term effects of demographic changes (e.g. on the labor market and old age provision).
  Legal Base:	Gesetz über die Statistik der Bevölkerungsbewegung und die Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes. Den Wortlaut der nationalen Rechtsvorschriften in der jeweils geltenden Fassung finden Sie unter https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de.
  Data Collector:	Statistical offices of the Länder.
  Reporting Stations:	Statistical offices of the Länder - Federal Statistical Office
  Object under Review:	State of the population.
  Interviewees:	Inapplicable.
  Collection:
  - Instruments:	Population data are calculated using the components method; The results of the last population census are updated using vital statistics on births, deaths, marriages and divorces, migration statistics and data on acquisition and lost of citizenship.
  - Periodicity:	Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually.
  - First:	1950
  - Last:	Inapplicable.
  Processing:
  - Periodicity:	Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually.
  Publication:
  - Regular:	Until Reporting year 2021: Fachserie 1, Reihe 1.3 From Reporting year 2022: Statistischer Bericht, Bevölkerungsfortschreibung Online publications in the database GENESIS (quarterly and yearly) and on the Destatis internet web page https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Population/Current-Population/_node.html.
  - Irregular:	-
  Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Starting from the last census, the calculation is based on secondary, full survey statistics.
  Conceivable Modifications:	-
  Comparable Data Sources:	-
  Remarks:	-
  Last Update:	June 27, 2023

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  methodology

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  methodology

  Data Source:	Update of the state of the population
  Contact:	Dr. Claire Grobecker Bevölkerungsfortschreibung, Ausländer- und Integrationsstatistiken +49 611 75-3178" >
  - Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
  - Data owner:	Abteilung F, Gruppe F 2, Referat F 24
  - Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
  - Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
  - Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
  - Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
  - Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
  Purpose of Data Collection:	The statistics provide current data on the population structure (sex, age, family status, nationality). Data are used from ministries and local administrations for administrative and policy purposes and for the organisation of elections, as well as from the scientific and economic sectors, institutes, organisations, media, private persons and the general public. They are the basis for population projections and are of decisive importance for the assessment of the long-term effects of demographic changes (e.g. on the labor market and old age provision).
  Legal Base:	Gesetz über die Statistik der Bevölkerungsbewegung und die Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes. Den Wortlaut der nationalen Rechtsvorschriften in der jeweils geltenden Fassung finden Sie unter https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de.
  Data Collector:	Statistical offices of the Länder.
  Reporting Stations:	Statistical offices of the Länder - Federal Statistical Office
  Object under Review:	State of the population.
  Interviewees:	Inapplicable.
  Collection:
  - Instruments:	Population data are calculated using the components method; The results of the last population census are updated using vital statistics on births, deaths, marriages and divorces, migration statistics and data on acquisition and lost of citizenship.
  - Periodicity:	Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually.
  - First:	1950
  - Last:	Inapplicable.
  Processing:
  - Periodicity:	Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually.
  Publication:
  - Regular:	Until Reporting year 2021: Fachserie 1, Reihe 1.3 From Reporting year 2022: Statistischer Bericht, Bevölkerungsfortschreibung Online publications in the database GENESIS (quarterly and yearly) and on the Destatis internet web page https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Population/Current-Population/_node.html.
  - Irregular:	-
  Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Starting from the last census, the calculation is based on secondary, full survey statistics.
  Conceivable Modifications:	-
  Comparable Data Sources:	-
  Remarks:	-
  Last Update:	June 27, 2023

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Definition(s)

• Cause of the disability

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  Cause of the disability

  In terms of the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  As causes of disability are considered among other things inborn disabilities, diseases, accidents, war/military/civilian service injuries.

  Degree of disability

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  Degree of disability

  In terms of the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  The effects on the participation in community life are assessed as degree of disability in increments of ten (20 to 100).

  Disability (Statistics of the severely handicapped persons)

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  Disability (Statistics of the severely handicapped persons)

  In terms of the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  People are disabled, if their physical function, mental capacity or mental health differs from the typical state at their age and therefore their participation in community life is impaired and if this state will continue for more than six month with a high posibility. They are threatened by disability, if the impairment is expected.

  Severely handicapped persons

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  Severely handicapped persons

  In terms of the Labor market statistics - statistics on reports according to § 163 (until 2017: § 80 Abs. 2) of the Rehabilitation and Participation of Disabled Persons Act / Code of Social Law IX of the Federal Employment Agency - and the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  As severely handicapped persons are regarded, who

  • a) are not only temporarily physically, mentally or emotionally handicapped with a degree of disability of at least 50,
  • b) legally live in the Federal Republic of Germany or have their usual residence or workplace as an employee there and
  • c) possess a certification (identification card) of disability.

  Type of disability

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  Type of disability

  In terms of the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  The type of disability is covered by a total of 55 categories. The classification is based not primarily on the causative d isease diagnosis (for example multiple sclerosis), but on the appearance of the disability and the functional limitation it causes (for example functional modification on the extremities).

Comment(s)

• From 2021: Presentation by using the confidentialy procedure of rounding 5.
• In the years 1991, 1993-1999, 2001 and 2002 the data refer to the reporting month April, in the years 1992, 2000 and 2003 to the reporting month May and in 2004 to the reporting month March.

Refresh period of data

• The table was extended by the year 2021 on 22 Jun 2022.
  Information for a new reporting period will be added as soon as it is available.

Links

• Information concerning Population on December, 31 (census 2011) .
• Informationen zur Bevölkerung am Jahresende .

The Federal Health Monitoring System 5. May 2024