Serving up a blend of a history and facts, wheelchair manufacturer KD Smart Chair has created an infographic (below) that should help any provider or wheelchair user hoping to convey the importance of mobility better advocate their position.
“Wheelchair Facts, Numbers and Figures” provides a lengthy series of statistics ranging from the size of the wheelchair market to the number of wheelchair users to the most-accessible countries wheelchair users can visit.
Noteworthy from a provider management perspective, the infographic notes that:
- By 2018, the manual wheelchair market is expected to reach $2.9 billion and the power wheelchair market will grow as big as $3.9 billion.
- There are 3.3 million wheelchair users in the United States and that population is expected to grow over the next few years, especially due to the large need among the Baby Boomer generation.
- There are 1.825 million wheelchair users aged 65 or older. Moreover, 11.2 percent of adult wheelchair users have graduated from college, and, out of the wheelchair users of working age, 17.4 percent have a job.
For more wheelchair facts and stats, providers can visit http://kdsmartchair.com/blogs/news/18706123-wheelchair-facts-numbers-and-figures-infographic.