-Severe disabilities in physical and hearing impairments, accounting for 36% of all severe disabilities

As of the end of 2024, the number of registered disabled individuals in South Korea stood at 2,631,356. In Jeollabuk-do, the number of registered disabled individuals was 128,993, accounting for 4.9% of the total in South Korea.

According to the statistics on registered disabled individuals for 2024 released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare on the 18th, the distribution of 15 types of disabilities in South Korea was as follows: physical impairment (43.0%), hearing impairment (16.8%), visual impairment (9.4%), brain disorders (8.9%), and intellectual disabilities (8.9%).

The proportion of disabled individuals aged 65 and older steadily increased to 55.3% (1,455,782 individuals). By age group, the distribution was as follows: 60s (621,450 individuals, 23.6%), 70s (578,655 individuals, 22.0%), and 80s (461,367 individuals, 17.5%).

In Jeollabuk-do, there were 128,993 registered disabled individuals, with 46,557 classified as having 'severe disabilities' and 82,436 as having 'non-severe disabilities'.

By type of disability, the distribution in Jeollabuk-do was as follows: physical impairment was the most common with 58,933 individuals (45.7%), followed by hearing impairment (21,613 individuals, 16.8%), intellectual disabilities (12,936 individuals, 10%), brain disorders (10,683 individuals, 8.3%), and visual impairment (10,641 individuals, 8.3%).

The detailed distribution of registered disabled individuals in Jeollabuk-do by subtype is as follows:

- Physical impairment: 58,933 individuals (severe disabilities 11,374 / non-severe disabilities 47,559)
- Visual impairment: 10,641 individuals (severe 1,918 / non-severe 8,723)
- Hearing impairment: 21,613 individuals (severe 3,796 / non-severe 17,817)
- Speech impairment: 1,301 individuals (severe 636 / non-severe 665)
- Intellectual disabilities: 12,936 individuals (all classified as severe disabilities)
- Brain disorders: 10,683 individuals (severe 5,606 / non-severe 5,077)
- Autism spectrum disorder: 1,379 individuals (all classified as severe disabilities)
- Mental disorders: 5,382 individuals (severe 5,285 / non-severe 97)
- Renal disorders: 3,908 individuals (severe 2,957 / non-severe 951)
- Cardiac disorders: 147 individuals (severe 105 / non-severe 42)
- Respiratory disorders: 314 individuals (severe 298 / non-severe 16)
- Liver disorders: 530 individuals (severe 22 / non-severe 508)
- Facial disorders: 126 individuals (severe 67 / non-severe 59)
- Incontinence and enuresis disorders: 694 individuals (severe 71 / non-severe 623)
- Epilepsy disorders: 406 individuals (severe 107 / non-severe 299)