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Healthy Ireland for Louth Plan 2018-2022
Map 13 – Persons with Very Bad Health 2016
Source: CSO Census of Population 2016
Z3 Disability
In 2016 there were 17,881 persons with a disability in Co. Louth, which means the
proportion of disabled persons in the county (13.9%) is slightly higher than that of the
State (13.5%).
Table 27 – Persons with a Disability 2011-2016
State Males Females Total
Total persons 2011 2,272,699 2,315,553 4,588,252
Total persons 2016 2,354,428 2,407,437 4,761,865
Persons with a disability 2011 289,728 305,607 9,350,117
Persons with a disability 2016 311,580 331,551 643,131
Persons with a disability as a % of total persons 13.2 13.8 13.5
Actual change in persons with a disability since previous census 21852 25944 47,796
Change in persons with a disability since previous census (%) 7.5 8.5 9.2
Co. Louth Males Females Total
Total persons 2011 60,763 62,134 122,897
Total persons 2016 63,633 65,251 128,884
Persons with a disability 2011 7,829 8,103 15,932
Persons with a disability 2016 8,732 9,149 17,881
Persons with a disability as a % of total persons 13.7 14.0 13.9
Change in persons with a disability since previous census 2,870 3,117 5,987
Source: StatBank / Profile 9 - Health, Disability and Carers / E9003
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