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Disability (UK applicants only)

Applicant and accepted applicants by reported disability

Applicants
Disability	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
No disability	428,178	472,697	512,670	547,656	548,170	504,084
Learning difficulty	13,605	16,503	17,130	21,568	22,234	21,541
Blind / partially sighted	711	968	896	536	589	561
Deaf / partial hearing	1,210	1,414	1,522	1,026	981	909
Wheelchair/mobility	794	860	969	1,332	1,243	1,283
Autistic disorder	625	851	1,166	1,493	1,946	2,073
Mental health difficulties	1,201	1,483	1,730	3,477	3,845	4,188
Unseen (eg diabetes,epilepsy,asthma)	2,966	3,239	3,565	4,311	4,405	4,251
2+ disabilities / special needs	821	952	978	1,100	1,369	1,444
Other disabilities / special needs	4,037	3,494	3,659	4,322	4,568	4,418
Total	454,148	502,461	544,285	586,821	589,350	544,752

Accepted applicants
Disability	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
No disability	344,092	381,252	400,874	396,878	401,787	377,449
Learning difficulty	10,875	13,483	13,320	15,526	16,111	16,019
Blind / partial sight	539	751	690	389	424	428
Deaf / partial hearing	930	1,096	1,150	739	696	641
Wheelchair/mobility	600	679	747	924	875	952
Autistic disorder	534	706	959	1,149	1,517	1,656
Mental health difficulties	857	1,089	1,164	2,205	2,517	2,847
Unseen (eg diabetes,epilepsy,asthma)	2,296	2,453	2,649	2,939	3,047	3,012
2+ disabilities / special needs	648	764	740	766	956	1,038
Other disabilities / special needs	3,173	2,751	2,770	3,119	3,305	3,349
Total	364,544	405,024	425,063	424,634	431,235	407,391

Applicants - expressed as percentages
Disability	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
No disability	94.3%	94.1%	94.2%	93.3%	93.0%	92.5%
Learning difficulty	3.0%	3.3%	3.1%	3.7%	3.8%	4.0%
Blind / partially sighted	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Deaf / partial hearing	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Wheelchair/mobility	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Autistic disorder	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%
Mental health difficulties	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%
Unseen (eg diabetes,epilepsy,asthma)	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%
2+ disabilities / special needs	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
Other disabilities / special needs	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Accepted applicants - expressed as percentages
Disability	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
No disability	94.4%	94.1%	94.3%	93.5%	93.2%	92.7%
Learning difficulty	3.0%	3.3%	3.1%	3.7%	3.7%	3.9%
Blind / partial sighted	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Deaf / partial hearing	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Wheelchair/mobility	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Autistic disorder	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%
Mental health difficulties	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%
Unseen (eg diabetes,epilepsy,asthma)	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
2+ disabilities / special needs	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
Other disabilities / special needs	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%