Monday 27 January 2014

Degree With A Disability

UCAS has now updated its data tables of total applicants and accepted applicants by declared disability, special need or medical condition to include the complete 2013 cycle.

The statistics cover applications to undergraduate higher education courses in the UK.

For comparison this dataset covers a six year time series, going back to 2008.

Applicants
Disability200820092010201120122013
No disability472,697512,670547,656548,170504,084518,105
Learning Difficulty16,50317,13021,56822,23421,54123,480
Serious visual impairment968896536589561565
Serious hearing impairment1,4141,5221,0269819091,035
Physical impairment or mobility issues8609691,3321,2431,2831,325
Autistic spectrum disorder8511,1661,4931,9462,0732,635
Mental health condition1,4831,7303,4773,8454,1885,170
Long standing illness or health condition3,2393,5654,3114,4054,2514,515
Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions9529781,1001,3691,4441,695
Other disability, impairment or medical condition3,4943,6594,3224,5684,4184,795
Total502,461544,285586,821589,350544,752563,320

Accepted applicants
Disability200820092010201120122013
No disability381,252400,874396,878401,787377,449400,065
Learning Difficulty13,48313,32015,52616,11116,01918,085
Serious visual impairment751690389424428440
Serious hearing impairment1,0961,150739696641805
Physical impairment or mobility issues6797479248759521020
Autistic spectrum disorder7069591,1491,5171,6562,130
Mental health difficulties1,0891,1642,2052,5172,8473,760
Long standing illness or health condition2,4532,6492,9393,0473,0123,355
Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions76474076695610381275
Other disability, impairment or medical condition2,7512,7703,1193,3053,3493,755
Total405,024425,063424,634431,235407,391434,690

Applicants – expressed as percentages
Disability200820092010201120122013
No disability94.1%94.2%93.3%93.0%92.5%92.0%
Learning Difficulty3.3%3.1%3.7%3.8%4.0%4.2%
Serious visual impairment0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
Serious hearing impairment0.3%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%
Physical impairment or mobility issues0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%
Autistic spectrum disorder0.2%0.2%0.3%0.3%0.4%0.5%
Mental health difficulties0.3%0.3%0.6%0.7%0.8%0.9%
Long standing illness or health condition0.6%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.8%
Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.3%
Other disability, impairment or medical condition0.7%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.8%0.9%
Total100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%

Accepted applicants – expressed as percentages
Disability200820092010201120122013
No disability94.1%94.3%93.5%93.2%92.7%92.0%
Learning Difficulty3.3%3.1%3.7%3.7%3.9%4.2%
Serious visual impairment0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
Serious hearing impairment0.3%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%
Physical impairment or mobility issues0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%
Autistic spectrum disorder0.2%0.2%0.3%0.4%0.4%0.5%
Mental health difficulties0.3%0.3%0.5%0.6%0.7%0.9%
Long standing illness or health condition0.6%0.6%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.8%
Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.3%
Other disability, impairment or medical condition0.7%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.8%0.9%
Total100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%

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