23-41  Basic Information of People with Disabilities  
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Rehabilitation
    Sight-restoring Cataract Surgery
        Sight-restoring Cataract Surgeries  (10 000 Cases) 41.7 48.1 49.1 51.3 57.4
        Artificial Intra-ocular Lens Implantation Rate  (%) 60.4 71.3 78.3 83.0 88.0
    Vision-aids Provided for Individuals with Low-vision  22079 21701 26476 28231 30932
        (persons)
    Rehabilitation of Children with Hearing Disability
        Hearing and Speech Training (persons) 17030 16904 17934 18771 18465
        Enrollment Rate of Trained Children to Ordinary  19.4 22.5 23.6 24.5
          Kindergartens and Primary Schools (%)
        Parents Trained    (persons) 13998 13568 18550 21155 20716
    Prevention and Treatment of Psychiatric Diseases
        Counties Carried on the Works of Prevention and 243 243 551 549 582
           Treatment of Psychiatric Diseases (units)
        Prevention and Treatment Provided for  Patients 103.3 122.6 133.2 207.3 242.6
          with Severe Psychiatric Diseases (10 000 persons)
        Guardianship Rate (%) 91.5 93.0 91.3 86.7 90.2
        Significant Improvement Rate (%) 73.6 71.6 73.6 69.5 71.1
        Social Involvement Rate (%) 64.9 62.7 62.6 58.7 60.6
        Violent Events Rate  (%) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
    Rehabilitation Training and Service (person)
        Function Training Provided to Persons with 54263 52538 50577 47848 44221
          Physical Disability 
        Rehabilitation Training Provided to Children with 23213 24009 26093 22642 22295
          Intellectual Disability
        Rehabilitation Training Provided to Children with 8607 10003 10539
          Cerebral Palsy
    Rehabilitation of People with Leprosy
        Orthopaedic Surgeries  (case) 1730 5814 3852
        Assistant Devices Provided  (unit) 5827 30100 35001
        Rehabilitation Training (person) 5773 13970 9170
Education
    School-age Disabled Children without Schooling 43.3 39.1 35.6 32.3 30.6
       (10 000 persons)
    Vocational Education and Training
       Facilities  (unit) 3999 4164 3927 3871 4143
       Number of Educated and Trained (10 000 persons) 57.9 65.4 48.1 45.3 49.9
Employment
    Employment of Urban Handicappeds 
       Persons Employed in the Year (10 000 persons)
26.1 26.6 27.6 30.2 32.7
            Employed by Quota Scheme 5.9 7.2 7.5 7.1 8.4
            Employed at Welfare Enterprises 6.2 7.1 6.6 8.5 9.8
             Self-employed 13.9 12.3 13.4 14.6 14.5
       Unemployed 116.1 96.2 101.2 103.2 100.4
    Employment of Rural Handicapped
       Employed      (10 000 persons) 1568.8 1616.1 1579.5 1717.8 1685.2
       Unemployed   (10 000 persons) 467.6 358.2 379.8 337.3 370.2
    Employment Placement Service Facilities for  2880 3012 2991 2998 3005
      Disabled Jobseekers  (unit)
        Provinces 31 30 30 31 33
        Prefectures 85 73 71 49 54
        Cities (inc. Cities at County Level) 610 632 646 652 636
        County 1497 1550 1497 1505 1517
        Districts under the Jurisdiction of Cities 653 727 747 761 765
Massage by Persons with Visual Disability
    Massage Therapists Training   (person) 6533 8471 7511 7413 6874
    Keep-fit Massager Training     (person) 1984 2364 3728 3853 4821
Poverty Alleviation 
    Rural Handicappeds Overcomed Poverty by Govern- 251.0 231.6 167.8 151.4 123.3
       -ment's Poverty Reduction Program(10 000 persons)
    Rural Handicappeds Remained in Poverty 649.5 978.9 1058.4 1022.1 1065.2
       (10 000 persons)  
        Rural Handicappeds Remained in Poverty Can Be  445.2 682.5 657.7 634.4 673.7
          Supported 
Organization Building of Disabled Persons' Federation
     Workers for Handicappeds (10 000 persons) 8.2 8.0 7.3 7.5 7.8
           
 
a) According to the calculation from the handicappeds survey in 1987, total handicappeds in China will be 60 million persons.