December 3 is International Day of Disabled Persons

UN General Assembly declared 3 December as International Day of Disabled Persons in 1992. According to official figures, about 10% of the world's population, or 650 million people are disabled, UNIAN reports.

According to the press service of the Kyiv city state administration with reference to the chief doctor of the urban health center Otto stands in the capital only in 2008 as disabled 10 thousand 204 people., Of which 6 thousand 799 - working age. Results in the Ukrainian capital, home to 23 thousand 672 adults with disabilities, children with disabilities - 8 thousand 160. All persons with disabilities are provided medical examinations, consultations with specialists of different profiles, said O. rack.

According to him, in order to prevent disability, sick people of working age the opportunity to be treated at the hospital over 4 months, 80% of patients returned to work without any signs of disability.

Also O. Stance reported that during the year 2008 for Individual program of medical and social expertise disability observed 17 thousand 847 people. In institutions of social protection aimed 4 thousand 882 people. employment, to monitor the implementation of the recommendations of labor in enterprises, verified employment almost 5 thousand people with disabilities. Also, much has been done for the prosthesis, provide wheelchairs, cars with manual control.

The main cause of disability in adults are diseases of the circulatory system (35%), the second city - neoplasms, including malignant (23%), trauma (8%), diseases of the musculoskeletal, endocrine, nervous system, mental disorders, etc. That is what determines the primary focus of preventive medicine specialists - overcoming bad habits and unhealthy behavior Kyivans as risk factors for major causes of disability. Structure of the causes of childhood disability as a large extent, the life style of parents: congenital anomalies, diseases of the nervous system, mental disorders and behavior.