Monday, April 27, 2015

Sharp increase in the number of young disabled – Fædrelandsvennen

Figures from Nav shows that there has been 4555 more disability under 35 years in Norway just the last three years. Meanwhile, the number of disability Norwegians older age remained stable, writes Aftenposten.

– The development is worrisome. Very few go from disability and return to work. For most people race run, says researcher Simen Markussen at the Frisch Centre.

Economy Professor Kjell Vaage at Bergen University believes that the introduction of time-limited disability benefits in 2004 and the removal of the same scheme in 2010 may explain part of the decline in young disabled mid-2000s and the rise in recent years ..

– But even when we adjust for technical posts like this, it is a fact that there is an underlying growth in the proportion of young disabled. It is extremely worrying, says Vaage.

At the end there were a total 311,875 Norwegians who received disability benefits, corresponding 9.4 percent of the population between 18 and 67 years. Of these 20,335 under 35 years. (© NTB)

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