Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
Recipients

Comprehensive Social Security Assistance

Section Title: Recipients
Table Section Text: None

Case category	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Sept 2017

Old age	153,754	153,950	153,302	151,259	149,149	146,083	144,336	144,507

Permanent disability	18,381	18,449	18,384	18,391	18,225	17,914	17,602	17,240

Ill health	25,190	25,168	25,319	25,157	24,973	24,458	24,184	23,849

Single parent household	34,372	32,860	30,903	29,193	29,529	28,403	26,985	26,331

Low earnings	14,407	12,319	10,339	8,891	7,584	6,335	5,230	4,641

Unemployment	29,814	26,859	23,980	21,149	18,650	16,332	14,340	13,415

Others	7,259	7,105	7,012	6,734	4,944	4,570	4,379	4,309

Total no. cases	283,176	276,710	269,239	260,774	253,054	244,095	237,056	234,292

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In 2017, there were 234,292 Comprehensive Social Security Assistance cases.

final_sentence: In 2017, there were 234,292 Comprehensive Social Security Assistance cases.