35,283 PENSIONERS IN NKR BY JULY 1, 2006

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Aug. 23, 2006

STEPANAKERT, August 23. /ARKA/. A total of 35,283 pensioners had
been registered the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) by July 1, 2006 –
a 3.8% (1,399 people) decrease compared to the corresponding period
of last year.

The NKR Statistical Service reports that a total of 9,613 disabled
people had been registered by July 1, 2006 – 27.2% of the total number
of pensioners. 809 of them (8.4%) have the first disablement group,
6,545 (68.1%) the second disablement group, 1,752 (18.2%) the third
disablement group and 506 people (5.3%) are invalids under 18.

A 3.5% increase in the number of disabled people has been recorded
in the NKR compared to the corresponding period of last year.

According to the final results of the 2005 census, the NKR’s resident
population was 137,737 people.