Table 12. Special Needs and Selfcare Skills by District, Samoa: 2006
    Tua-   Aiga I    Vaa O  Gagaem- Faasa- Gagae- Gagai- Vaisi- Satu-  
Special needs Total masga A'ana  Le Tai Atua Fonoti auga No I leleaga mauga fomauga gauo paitea Palauli
SPECIAL NEEDS
     Total 178,410 83,416 20,472 4,791 21,586 1,622 3,381 13,404 4,076 4,842 6,478 5,260 9,082
No Disability 176,314 82,693 20,246 4,725 21,285 1,598 3,352 13,173 4,017 4,791 6,392 5,118 8,924
Physically Disabled 471 154 57 16 71 5 2 51 13 7 13 39 43
Behavioural/Emotional Problems 442 173 49 19 56 2 5 37 9 13 24 27 28
Autistic 200 64 21 2 32 3 3 22 5 11 7 11 19
Speech/Language Impaired 178 67 20 5 21 3 4 13 7 3 11 12 12
Mental Illness 141 64 14 5 19 1 3 6 3 2 6 8 10
Hearing Impaired 133 32 16 3 22 2 6 19 5 2 2 13 11
Visually Impaired 133 22 9 2 32 3 3 36 2 2 2 8 12
Blind 112 35 13 3 17 4 2 11 5 5 2 8 7
Deaf 103 40 9 4 9 0 0 17 4 5 6 3 6
Others 183 72 18 7 22 1 1 19 6 1 13 13 10
     Males 92,421 42,812 10,697 2,521 11,362 862 1,768 6,947 2,177 2,537 3,382 2,708 4,648
No Disability 91,266 42,396 10,563 2,482 11,203 851 1,750 6,834 2,148 2,506 3,334 2,637 4,562
Physically Disabled 275 93 33 11 42 1 1 26 7 5 11 20 25
Behavioural/Emotional Problems 231 88 27 11 27 1 3 19 4 7 14 12 18
Autistic 108 33 13 1 17 3 2 11 2 9 5 4 8
Speech/Language Impaired 92 36 11 2 14 1 2 6 3 1 3 6 7
Mental Illness 74 33 10 4 9 1 3 1 1 0 2 5 5
Hearing Impaired 79 19 13 3 14 1 4 6 3 1 1 8 6
Visually Impaired 64 13 5 0 14 1 1 15 2 2 1 4 6
Blind 53 24 5 1 5 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 1
Deaf 67 24 6 1 6 0 0 14 3 4 3 3 3
Others 112 53 11 5 11 0 0 11 2 0 6 6 7
     Females 85,989 40,604 9,775 2,270 10,224 760 1,613 6,457 1,899 2,305 3,096 2,552 4,434
No Disability 85,048 40,297 9,683 2,243 10,082 747 1,602 6,339 1,869 2,285 3,058 2,481 4,362
Physically Disabled 196 61 24 5 29 4 1 25 6 2 2 19 18
Behavioural/Emotional Problems 211 85 22 8 29 1 2 18 5 6 10 15 10
Autistic 92 31 8 1 15 0 1 11 3 2 2 7 11
Speech/Language Impaired 86 31 9 3 7 2 2 7 4 2 8 6 5
Mental Illness 67 31 4 1 10 0 0 5 2 2 4 3 5
Hearing Impaired 54 13 3 0 8 1 2 13 2 1 1 5 5
Visually Impaired 69 9 4 2 18 2 2 21 0 0 1 4 6
Blind 59 11 8 2 12 2 0 7 3 3 0 5 6
Deaf 36 16 3 3 3 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 3
Others 71 19 7 2 11 1 1 8 4 1 7 7 3
SELFCARE SKILLS 
     Total 2,069 709 232 66 294 24 27 225 59 51 86 140 156
None 1,138 395 126 42 158 14 20 107 31 28 57 69 91
Some 549 170 76 18 83 4 3 76 21 14 19 33 32
Full 382 144 30 6 53 6 4 42 7 9 10 38 33
     Males 1,144 410 139 39 156 11 16 109 29 31 48 71 85
None 660 234 86 27 80 7 13 50 19 17 33 42 52
Some 304 107 36 8 49 2 2 41 7 8 11 15 18
Full 180 69 17 4 27 2 1 18 3 6 4 14 15
     Females 925 299 93 27 138 13 11 116 30 20 38 69 71
None 478 161 40 15 78 7 7 57 12 11 24 27 39
Some 245 63 40 10 34 2 1 35 14 6 8 18 14
Full 202 75 13 2 26 4 3 24 4 3 6 24 18