Indonesia elects a president in an election distinguished by its logistical complexity. It involves some 180 million eligible voters casting ballots at all but a few of the 17,500 islands of the archipelago. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, formerly a high-ranking military official, is predicted to win. He is safe from his rivals for the present as the economy is still growing, albeit a little slower.

There have been no solid estimates until now, said Joseph Canose, vice president of quality of life for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which released the survey Tuesday. The foundation was created by the late actor Christopher Reeve, who was paralyzed in a horse-riding accident in 1995, and his late wife, Dana.
“Around 4 million was guesstimated,” Canose said, noting the new survey suggests that number is much larger. “Nearly 6 million people are living with paralysis, substantially higher than previous estimates.”