Demand and Financial Constraints in Eliminating Architectural and Technical Barriers for People with Disabilities in Poland

Table 1

Disabled persons in the social structure according to the national censuses in the years 1978, 1988, 2002, and 2011 (in thousands).

Year of the census	Disabled persons in the year
	1978 (thousands)	1988 (thousands)	2002 (thousands)	2011 (thousands)
Total number of disabled persons	2485.0	3735.5	5456.7	4697.5
Legally disabled persons	1928.6	3258.4	4450.1	3131.9
Biologically disabled persons	556.4	477.1	1006.6	1565.6
Disabled persons—per 1000 residents	71	99	143	122

Source: GUS.