In Asia and the Pacific, 690 million men, women and children, accounting for 15 per cent of the total population in the region, live with some form of disability. The number is expected to rise over the next decades as a combined effect of population ageing, chronic health conditions, natural disasters, road traffic injuries, poor working conditions and other factors.
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