Number of severely handicapped persons with official certification absolute and per 100,000 inhabitants. Classification: years, sex, reason for disability, extent of disability

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Year: 2023, Sex: All sexes, Number and rate: Severely handicapped persons absolute

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Causes of disability	Extent of disability
	Total	Extent of the disability 50	Extent of the disability 60	Extent of the disability 70	Extent of the disability 80	Extent of the disability 90	Extent of the disability 100
Total	7,862,325	2,766,475	1,193,305	845,730	964,905	375,170	1,716,745
Inborn disabilities	250,575	34,755	16,505	17,550	36,830	8,605	136,325
Accidents at work (incl. commuting to/from and at the workplace),       occupational diseases	50,745	20,565	9,630	6,245	4,920	2,125	7,265
Traffic accidents	27,940	8,230	4,240	3,435	3,445	1,355	7,235
Accidents at home	5,270	2,025	825	535	480	195	1,210
Other or less closely defined accidents	18,685	6,750	2,875	2,020	1,885	810	4,345
Acknowledged war and military/civilian service conscript injuries	8,755	2,660	1,430	1,115	1,025	570	1,950
General illnesses (incl. vaccination damage)	7,118,075	2,545,835	1,092,700	771,400	874,930	344,590	1,488,620
Other, several or inadequately defined causes	382,285	145,660	65,105	43,425	41,385	16,920	69,795

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• Statistics on the severely handicapped persons, Federal Statistical Office, Branch Bonn (more information on 
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  Data Source:	Statistics on the severely handicapped persons
  Contact:
  - Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
  - Data owner:	Abteilung H, Gruppe H 1, Referat H 16
  - Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
  - Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
  - Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
  - Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
  - Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
  Purpose of Data Collection:	The purpose of the severely disabled statistics is to make the information available for social-political planning as well as the basis of assessment for the implementation of measures and the assurance of services to the benefit of those involved.
  Legal Base:	Rechtsgrundlage ist das Neunte Buch Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB IX) - Rehabilitation und Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen in Verbindung mit dem Bundestatistikgesetz (BStatG). Erhoben werden die Angaben zu § 214 Abs. 1 des SGB IX. Den Wortlaut der nationalen Rechtsvorschriften in der jeweils geltenden Fassung finden Sie unter https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de.
  Data Collector:	Regional statistical offices.
  Reporting Stations:	Offices responsible for compensation benefits for disabilities - Regional statistical offices - Federal Statistical Office.
  Object under Review:	(Severely) disabled persons with valid papers.
  Interviewees:	State (Land) War Pension Office.
  Collection:
  - Instruments:	Data procurement form.
  - Periodicity:	Every two years.
  - First:	1979 (Disability statistics have been compiled every two years, under consideration of the lightly disabled since 1979, whereas only under consideration of the severely disabled since 1985).
  - Last:	31st December 2023
  Processing:
  - Periodicity:	Every two years.
  Publication:
  - Regular:	Statistisches Bundesamt, Fachserie 13, Reihe 5.1 (zweijährlich).
  - Irregular:	Statistisches Bundesamt, Wirtschaft und Statistik, verschiedene Hefte.
  Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Full survey.
  Conceivable Modifications:	-
  Comparable Data Sources:	-
  Remarks:	-
  Last Update:	July 22, 2024

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  Data Source:	Update of the state of the population
  Contact:
  - Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
  - Data owner:	Abteilung F, Gruppe F 2, Referat F 24
  - Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
  - Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
  - Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
  - Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
  - Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
  Purpose of Data Collection:	The statistics provide current data on the population structure (sex, age, family status, nationality). Data are used by ministries and local administrations for administrative and policy purposes and for the organisation of elections, as well as by the scientific and economic sectors, institutes, organisations, media, private persons and the general public. They are the basis for population projections and are of decisive importance for the assessment of the long-term effects of demographic changes (e.g. on the labor market and old age provision).
  Legal Base:	Regulation on population statistics. You can find the wording of the national legislation in its current version under https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de.
  Data Collector:	There is no data collection. Population data are calculated on the base of other statistical data.
  Reporting Stations:	Statistical offices of the Länder - Federal Statistical Office
  Object under Review:	Population stock.
  Interviewees:	Inapplicable.
  Collection:
  - Instruments:	Population data are calculated using the components method; The results of the last population census are updated using vital statistics on births, deaths, marriages and divorces, migration statistics and data on acquisition and lost of citizenship.
  - Periodicity:	Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually.
  - First:	1950
  - Last:	Inapplicable.
  Processing:
  - Periodicity:	Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually.
  Publication:
  - Regular:	Until Reporting year 2021: Fachserie 1, Reihe 1.3 From Reporting year 2022: Statistischer Bericht, Bevölkerungsfortschreibung Online publications in the database GENESIS (quarterly and yearly) and on the Destatis internet web page https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Population/Current-Population/_node.html.
  - Irregular:	-
  Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Starting from the last census, the calculation is based on secondary, full survey statistics.
  Conceivable Modifications:	Following the publication of the results of census 2022, the population data for reporting periods after the census date (15.05.2022) were rebased on the new census results
  Comparable Data Sources:	-
  Remarks:	-
  Last Update:	April 11, 2025

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• Cause of the disability

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  In terms of the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  As causes of disability are considered among other things inborn disabilities, diseases, accidents, war/military/civilian service injuries.

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  In terms of the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  The effects on the participation in community life are assessed as degree of disability in increments of ten (20 to 100).

  Disability (Statistics of the severely handicapped persons)

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  In terms of the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  People are disabled, if their physical function, mental capacity or mental health differs from the typical state at their age and therefore their participation in community life is impaired and if this state will continue for more than six month with a high posibility. They are threatened by disability, if the impairment is expected.

  Severely handicapped persons

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  In terms of the Labor market statistics - statistics on reports according to § 163 (until 2017: § 80 Abs. 2) of the Rehabilitation and Participation of Disabled Persons Act / Code of Social Law IX of the Federal Employment Agency - and the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  As severely handicapped persons are regarded, who

  • a) are not only temporarily physically, mentally or emotionally handicapped with a degree of disability of at least 50,
  • b) legally live in the Federal Republic of Germany or have their usual residence or workplace as an employee there and
  • c) possess a certification (identification card) of disability.

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  In terms of the Statistics on the severely handicapped persons of the Federal Statistical Office:
  The type of disability is covered by a total of 55 categories. The classification is based not primarily on the causative d isease diagnosis (for example multiple sclerosis), but on the appearance of the disability and the functional limitation it causes (for example functional modification on the extremities).

Comment(s)

• From 2021: Presentation by using the confidentialy procedure of rounding 5. The total value shown may differ from the sum of the individual values due to the rounding procedure

Refresh period of data

• The table was extended by the year 2023 on 25 Jul 2024.
  Information for a new reporting period will be added as soon as it is available.

Links

• Information concerning Population on December, 31 (census 2011) .
• Information concerning Population on December, 31 .

The Federal Health Monitoring System 24. Apr 2025