Around 1.07 million people in the Czech Republic, or 10.2 percent of the
country’s population, suffer from some form of disability, the Czech
Statistical Office said. Since 2007, the percentage of people with
disabilities has increased by 0.4 percentage points; however, the average
period during which people suffer from disabilities has shortened from 13.6
years in 2007 to 12.4 years. The figures, based on patients’ registers,
also suggest an increase in the number of people with innate disabilities;
in 2007, 12 percent of disabled people were born with their handicap while
this year, it was 14 percent.