17. DISABLED PERSONS BY CAUSE OF INVALIDITY, SEX AND PHYSICAL MOBILITY, BY TOWNS/MUNICIPALITIES, CENSUS 2001

  Sex Total Physical mobility of a disabled person
Completely mobile Permanently limited
mobility by the
aid of a walking
stick, crutches
or walking frame
Permanently limited
mobility by the
aid of a wheelchair
Permanently immobile
Town Rijeka all 11.374 8.912 1.899 205 358
  m 6.265 5.160 885 93 127
  f 5.109 3.752 1.014 112 231
Cause of disability:            
Since birth all 699 529 99 31 40
  m 375 295 45 12 23
  f 324 234 54 19 17
2nd World War and its consequences all 589 470 111 2 6
  m 453 372 75 1 5
  f 136 98 36 1 1
War of independence and its consequences all 823 752 65 2 4
  m 784 718 61 1 4
  f 39 34 4 1 -
Work-disabled all 3.090 2.732 329 19 10
  m 1.971 1.736 211 17 7
  f 1.119 996 118 2 3
Sickness all 5.047 3.584 1.060 123 280
  m 2.052 1.530 396 45 81
  f 2.995 2.054 664 78 199
Traffic accident all 588 448 119 15 6
  m 340 266 60 10 4
  f 248 182 59 5 2
Other all 538 397 116 13 12
  m 290 243 37 7 3
  f 248 154 79 6 9