%0 Journal Article %1 Murphy1993 %A Murphy, C. C. %A Yeargin-Allsopp, M. %A Decoufl?, P. %A Drews, C. D. %D 1993 %J J Pediatr %K African Continental Ancestry Group; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Female; Georgia; Humans; Male; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Urban Population %N 5 %P S13--S20 %T Prevalence of cerebral palsy among ten-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987. %V 123 %X The Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Study was a population-based study (1985 through 1987) to determine the prevalence of five developmental disabilities among 10-year-old children. The disabilities included cerebral palsy, mental retardation, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and epilepsy. The prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) and a description of the children with CP are reported here. Using a record review approach, we identified 204 10-year-old children with CP (resulting in a prevalence of 2.3 per 1000). The rate of CP was significantly higher among boys (prevalence odds ratio = 1.5; 95\% confidence interval = 1.1, 2.0), and the rate was also higher among black children than white children (prevalence odds ratio = 1.3; 95\% confidence interval = 1.0, 1.7). Thirty-three of the children (16\%) acquired CP postnatally; these children were more likely to be black or male. The gender and racial differences found for acquired CP were greater than those for congenital CP. Approximately 75\% of the children had one of the other four disabilities studied; 65\% of the children were mentally retarded, 46\% had epilepsy, and 15\% had a sensory impairment. Our multiple-source method of identifying children with CP gave us a population-based sample from which to determine the prevalence of the condition and to study factors that are associated with CP.

@article{Murphy1993, abstract = {The Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Study was a population-based study (1985 through 1987) to determine the prevalence of five developmental disabilities among 10-year-old children. The disabilities included cerebral palsy, mental retardation, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and epilepsy. The prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) and a description of the children with CP are reported here. Using a record review approach, we identified 204 10-year-old children with CP (resulting in a prevalence of 2.3 per 1000). The rate of CP was significantly higher among boys (prevalence odds ratio = 1.5; 95\% confidence interval = 1.1, 2.0), and the rate was also higher among black children than white children (prevalence odds ratio = 1.3; 95\% confidence interval = 1.0, 1.7). Thirty-three of the children (16\%) acquired CP postnatally; these children were more likely to be black or male. The gender and racial differences found for acquired CP were greater than those for congenital CP. Approximately 75\% of the children had one of the other four disabilities studied; 65\% of the children were mentally retarded, 46\% had epilepsy, and 15\% had a sensory impairment. Our multiple-source method of identifying children with CP gave us a population-based sample from which to determine the prevalence of the condition and to study factors that are associated with CP.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T20:49:27.000+0200}, author = {Murphy, C. C. and Yeargin-Allsopp, M. and Decoufl?, P. and Drews, C. D.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29a008ec84511fdfb9f5af140f0165f8f/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {558828a32b2d910af182c6650e2a3d40}, intrahash = {9a008ec84511fdfb9f5af140f0165f8f}, journal = {J Pediatr}, keywords = {African Continental Ancestry Group; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Female; Georgia; Humans; Male; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Urban Population}, month = Nov, number = 5, pages = {S13--S20}, pmid = {8229472}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T20:49:27.000+0200}, title = {Prevalence of cerebral palsy among ten-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 123, year = 1993 }