FOREWORD
This
report is the seventh and last in the series showing the results of the 2000
Housing and Population Census. The
first was published in November 2000 and contained the results of the Housing
Census which preceded the Population Census by a few months.
The previous five reports covered the demographic and fertility
characteristics, the economic characteristics, the educational characteristics,
the household characteristics and the geographical and migration characteristics
of the population. The present one
deals with disability.
Data
published in this report have been prepared at different geographical area
levels. The code in the left-hand margin of the table of contents
indicates the geographical level at which the tables are presented, namely, I:
island level, D: district level and R: Municipal Council Ward and Village
Council Area level.
Like
all census data, the figures presented in the tables may still contain slight
inaccuracies, which will be too costly to identify and correct.
However, these do not in any way detract from the quality of the data and
their usefulness. It is hoped that
the present report will be particularly useful to administrators, planners and
policy makers, and the public in general.
This
report is the result of the efforts of many persons and organisations and I am
grateful to all of them. In
particular, I would like to thank members of the public for their understanding
and co-operation, the census fieldstaff, the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation,
the Government Printer, the Central Information Systems Division and my own
staff.
Central
Statistics Office
Port
Louis
MAURITIUS
November
2001