1.6 per cent of Brunei population living with disability: health ministry

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Xinhua): In findings from the 2021 population and housing survey, 1.6 percent of Brunei's total population, equivalent to 7,024 individuals, report having at least one disability, the country's health minister Mohd Isham Jaafar said recently.

In a speech delivered at an event on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is a United Nations-sanctioned day celebrated internationally on Dec 3, the minister said that a significant portion of these individuals, comprising 58.5 per cent, falls within the productive age range of 15 to 64 years, with an additional 25.6 per cent being under 15 years.