Statistics are important for the development of assistance programs and the specificity of information gathered has an impact on the types of programs considered. For example, if a significant proportion of the mine victims of a country are children, assistance programs should be different than if the number is relatively small. Better data leads to better use of scarce resources. The baseline data on mine casualties and survivors may be lacking, but the basic needs of mine victims everywhere are well known. Far fewer resources support psychological rehabilitation and socio-economic reintegration despite the fact that without this support, landmine survivors too often lead isolated and unproductive lives.
Physical rehabilitation goes some way to supporting young amputees psychologically.
However, the need to furnish additional psychological assistance and help with finding a place in society has largely been neglected. Little data exists on what happens to mine amputees later in life. In Angola, for example, it is estimated that over 5,000 new prostheses are required every year just to cope with the existing amputees - and this is more than twice the number currently being produced in the country. Mine victims do not receive any special treatment compared to other disabled. Trying to analyze the funds that are allocated for mine victim assistance programs is no easier than it is for mine action programs.