UCAS Statistical Services: Disability

Breakdown of applicant and accepted applicant disability data over five years

Applicants

Disability	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
No disability	389,597	392,275	420,113	408,110	428,178
Dyslexia	-	-	-	-	-
Learning Difficulty	10,930	11,427	13,137	12,724	13,605
Blind / partially sighted	641	604	707	779	711
Deaf / partial hearing	900	897	1,078	1,211	1,210
Wheelchair/mobility	659	603	711	749	794
Need personal care support	-	-	-	-	-
Autistic disorder	165	238	356	475	625
Mental health difficulties	663	747	964	1019	1,201
Unseen (eg diabetes,epilepsy,asthma)	2,817	2,682	2,933	2,678	2,966
2+ disabilities / special needs	702	738	790	730	821
Other disabilities / special needs	2,894	3,123	3,841	3,721	4,037
Total	409,968	413,334	444,630	432,196	454,148

Accepted applicants

Disability	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
No disability	317,587	317,549	340,531	326,750	344,092
Dyslexia	-	-	-	-	-
Learning Difficulty	8,866	9,238	10,756	10,131	10,875
Blind / partial sight	507	470	558	589	539
Deaf / partial hearing	715	722	854	927	930
Wheelchair/mobility	536	481	563	571	600
Need personal care support	-	-	-	-	-
Autistic disorder	139	202	305	400	534
Mental health difficulties	495	549	687	710	857
Unseen (eg diabetes,epilepsy,asthma)	2,226	2,069	2,306	2,069	2,296
2+ disabilities / special needs	542	554	621	549	648
Other disabilities / special needs	2,329	2,461	3,063	2,868	3,173
Total	333,942	334,295	360,244	345,564	364,544

Applicants - expressed as percentages

Disability	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
No disability	95.0%	94.9%	94.5%	94.4%	94.3%
Dyslexia	-	-	-	-	-
Learning Difficulty	2.7%	2.8%	3.0%	2.9%	3.0%
Blind / partially sighted	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Deaf / partial hearing	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
Wheelchair/mobility	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Need personal care support	-	-	-	-	-
Autistic disorder	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Mental health difficulties	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
Unseen (eg diabetes,epilepsy,asthma)	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%
2+ disabilities / special needs	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Other disabilities / special needs	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Accepted applicants - expressed as percentages

Disability	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
No disability	95.1%	95.0%	94.5%	94.6%	94.4%
Dyslexia	-	-	-	-	-
Learning Difficulty	2.7%	2.8%	3.0%	2.9%	3.0%
Blind / partial sighted	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Deaf / partial hearing	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
Wheelchair/mobility	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Need personal care support	-	0.0%	-	-	-
Autistic disorder	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Mental health difficulties	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Unseen (eg diabetes,epilepsy,asthma)	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
2+ disabilities / special needs	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Other disabilities / special needs	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

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