Table 1.
Prevalence of visual, hearing, physical, intellectual, and multiple disabilities estimated by community health workers (CHW) compared to Researchers (RES) in two municipalities (A and B) of Northeastern Brazil
| Population | City A | City B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHW (N = 3819) |
Researcher (N = 922) |
CHW (N = 8241) |
Researcher (N = 1963) |
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| Prevalence | Prevalence | Prevalence | Prevalence | |||||
| Disability | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Visual | 16 | 0.42 | 10 | 1.08 | 16 | 0.19 | 14 | 0.71 |
| Hearing | 8 | 0.21 | 7 | 0.76 | 5 | 0.06 | 6 | 0.31 |
| Physical | 33 | 0.86 | 19 | 2.06 | 66 | 0.80 | 47 | 2.39 |
| Intellectual | 20 | 0.52 | 17 | 1.84 | 26 | 0.32 | 22 | 1.12 |
| Multiple | 16 | 0.42 | 9 | 0.98 | 23 | 0.28 | 22 | 1.12 |
| Not classified | 22 | 0.58 | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.35 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 115 | 3.01 | 62 | 6.72 | 165 | 2.00 | 111 | 5.65 |