Status of Children in Tanzania - 2012 - Tanzania Education Network ...
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Call for Action<br />
Appendix 3: Percentage <strong>of</strong> causes <strong>of</strong> Disabilities among children aged 0 – 14 years<br />
.<br />
Cause <strong>of</strong> Difficult <strong>Tanzania</strong> Ma<strong>in</strong>land Zanzibar<br />
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female<br />
Born with disability 29.0 30.6 26.9 28.7 30.4 26.6 38.0 35.2 42.4<br />
Accident <strong>in</strong>jury/trauma 0.8 1.5 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.0 1.0 1.6 0.0<br />
Political violence 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
Medical treatment 5.8 5.5 6.3 5.9 5.5 6.3 3.5 3.2 3.9<br />
Fire 1.7 0.7 3.1 1.8 0.7 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
Animals attack 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
Tree accidents 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
Bra<strong>in</strong> damage5 5.4 4.5 6.7 5.5 4.6 6.6 3.7 0.0 9.5<br />
Cerebral palsy 17.2 16.0 18.8 17.2 16.1 18.7 17.2 15.2 20.2<br />
Malaria 6.0 4.7 7.6 5.8 4.4 7.6 13.2 16.2 8.7<br />
Arthritis 3.7 5.7 1.1 3.8 5.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
Cause unknown 16.4 14.8 18.5 16.2 14.3 18.5 25.3 30.9 16.6<br />
Spiritual<br />
2.4 2.2 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
ideologies/superstitious<br />
Others 21.6 25.0 17.1 21.8 25.4 17.3 12.0 13.8 9.1<br />
No. <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividuals 375,071 211,085 163,986 365,823 205,472 160,351 9,248 5,613 3,635<br />
Appendix 4: Distribution <strong>of</strong> Disabilities among children Aged 0 – 14 years.<br />
Type <strong>of</strong> Difficulty <strong>Tanzania</strong> Ma<strong>in</strong>land Zanzibar<br />
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent<br />
See<strong>in</strong>g 41,882 11.2 40,664 11.1 1,217 13.2<br />
Hear<strong>in</strong>g 170,244 45.4 166,891 45.6 3,353 36.3<br />
Mobility 110,204 29.4 106,196 29.0 4,008 43.3<br />
Cognition 129,330 34.5 126,618 34.6 2,711 29.3<br />
Self Care 86,733 23.1 85,183 23.3 1,551 16.8<br />
Communication 144,721 38.6 140,170 38.3 4,551 49.2<br />
Appendix 5: <strong>Children</strong> with Disability Aged 4-14 Years denied a right <strong>of</strong> access to school<br />
Type <strong>of</strong> School <strong>Tanzania</strong> Ma<strong>in</strong>land Zanzibar<br />
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total<br />
Regular pre-school 4.0 5.5 4.7 4.1 5.6 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
Regular primary school 10.1 6.2 8.4 10.3 6.3 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
Regular secondary 0.9 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
school<br />
Special school (any 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
level)<br />
Special class (remedial) 0.9 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
Total 17.5 13.0 15.5 17.9 13.2 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
No. <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividuals 203,819 159,028 362,847 199,121 155,857 354,978 4,698 3,170 7,869<br />
43 / 55 <strong>Tanzania</strong>-CRSA-REPORT-<strong>2012</strong><br />
A lov<strong>in</strong>g home for every child
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