@article{ref1,
title="The prevalence of locomotor disability and handicap in the Cape Peninsula. Part II. The black population of Nyanga",
journal="South African medical journal SAMJ",
year="1986",
author="Disler, P. B. and Jacka, E. and Sayed, A. R. and Rip, M. R. and Hurford, S. and Collis, P.",
volume="69",
number="6",
pages="353-355",
abstract="A door-to-door survey to identify the locomotor-disabled was carried out on 8.5% of the population of a black residential area of the Cape Peninsula (2072 people). The prevalence rate of locomotor disability was 18.3/1000; causes of disability related to illness (36.8%), trauma (31.6%) and congenital factors (23.7%). The main illnesses described were cerebrovascular accidents (26.1%) and poliomyelitis (21.7%). Persons aged 15 years or less constituted 18,4% of the disabled, while 42.1% were aged 16-59 years and 39.5% 60 years or more. Although many of the disabled individuals identified could move about independently, the proportion bedridden was high (15.8%). At the time of the survey 13.3% of adults were working and 51.1% of children over 6 years old attended school. Eighty per cent had no contact with health services.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-2469",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}