Statistics on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities Measures to encourage employment Wage earners with disabilities who make Social Security contributions, according to whether or not they have a specific disability contract, by type of disability Unidades: thousands of persons and percentages Persons with disabilities Vertical percentage: Persons with disabilities Total Total 2012 199,4 100 2011 203,5 100 2010 201,5 100 2009 187,2 100 2008 148,5 100 Specific disability contract 2012 49,7 24,9 2011 53,9 26,5 2010 51,5 25,6 2009 54,5 29,1 2008 46,5 31,3 Other contracts 2012 149,7 75,1 2011 149,6 73,5 2010 150 74,4 2009 132,7 70,9 2008 102 68,7 Physical and other Total 2012 129,8 100 2011 129,8 100 2010 127,4 100 2009 122,1 100 2008 90,9 100 Specific disability contract 2012 30,8 23,7 2011 34 26,2 2010 29,1 22,8 2009 33,9 27,7 2008 26,2 28,8 Other contracts 2012 99,1 76,3 2011 95,8 73,8 2010 98,3 77,2 2009 88,3 72,3 2008 64,7 71,2 Intellectual Total 2012 8,9 100 2011 9,5 100 2010 10,4 100 2009 10,7 100 2008 10,6 100 Specific disability contract 2012 3 34,2 2011 2,8 29,1 2010 4,4 42,4 2009 3,8 35,4 2008 3,9 37 Other contracts 2012 5,9 65,8 2011 6,8 70,9 2010 6 57,6 2009 6,9 64,6 2008 6,7 63 Mental Total 2012 17,2 100 2011 18,3 100 2010 18,7 100 2009 13,5 100 2008 9,7 100 Specific disability contract 2012 1,8 10,3 2011 1,1 5,8 2010 3,3 17,5 2009 2 14,9 2008 0,9 9,3 Other contracts 2012 15,5 89,7 2011 17,2 94,2 2010 15,5 82,5 2009 11,5 85,1 2008 8,8 90,7 Sensory Total 2012 43,4 100 2011 45,8 100 2010 45 100 2009 40,9 100 2008 37,3 100 Specific disability contract 2012 14,1 32,6 2011 16,1 35 2010 14,7 32,7 2009 14,8 36,3 2008 15,5 41,5 Other contracts 2012 29,3 67,4 2011 29,8 65 2010 30,3 67,3 2009 26 63,7 2008 21,8 58,5 Notas: This considers persons with recognised disabilities, that is, those with a degree of disability that is greater than or equal to 33%, according to the assessment procedure set out in RD 1971/1999 and amended by RD 1856/2009. 2) The results of cells whose value is lower than 5.0 (5,000 persons or households) must be considered cautiously, as they may be affected by large sampling errors 3) The data refers solely to persons with disabilities who make Social Security contributions and do so in ordinary centres. This excludes Special employment centres and those civil servants who make contributions to State Mutual Provident Societies Fuente: National Statistics Institute