ONE FOURTH OF POPULATION GETS PENSION

KarabakhOpen
21-03-2007 12:47:38

As on January 1, 2007, the number of pensioners in Nagorno Karabakh was
35089, which is down by 653 compared with January 1, 2006. It is almost
one fourth of the population of Karabakh. The number of the disabled
people registered in the republic is 9850, which is 27.8 percent of
pensioners, including 886 (9 percent) have first-degree disability,
6735 (68.3 percent) have second-degree disability, 1720 (17.5 percent)
have third-degree disability, 509 (5.2 percent) are under 18.

The number of people with disabilities has increased by 287 or 3
percent compared with January 1, 2006.