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Cerebral Palsy Statistics
?In the United States today, more people have cerebral palsy than any
other developmental disability, including Down syndrome, epilepsy, and
autism. About two children out of every thousand born in this country
have some type of cerebral palsy. Studies have shown that at least
5000 infants and toddlers and 1,200 - 1,500 preschoolers are diagnosed
with cerebral palsy each year. In all, approximately 500,000 people
in this country have some degree of cerebral palsy.?
About Cerebral Palsy
http://www.about-cerebral-palsy.org/definition/statistics.html
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How many people have cerebral palsy?
It is estimated that some 764,000 children and adults in the United
States manifest one or more of the symptoms of cerebral palsy.
Currently, about 8,000 babies and infants are diagnosed with the
condition each year. In addition, some 1,200 - 1,500 preschool age
children are recognized each year to have cerebral palsy.
UCP
http://www.ucp.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/9/37/37-37/447
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Incidence and Prevalence
?The incidence is about 1.5 to 4 per 1000 live births. This amounts to
approximately 5,000-10,000 babies born with cerebral palsy each year
in the United States. Each year, around 1,500 preschoolers are
diagnosed with the disorder. In around 70% of all cases, cerebral
palsy is found with some other disorder, the most common being mental
retardation.?
http://www.fact-index.com/c/ce/cerebral_palsy_1.html#Incidence%20and%20Prevalence
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Cerebral Palsy among Children
?Each year about 10,000 babies born in the United States develop cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement or coordination caused by an
abnormality of the brain. More than 80% of people with cerebral palsy
developed it either before they were born or before they were a month
old. In many instances, the cause of the brain abnormality is
unknown.?
Source: CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/factsheets/cp.pdf
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?The incidence of cerebral palsy is approximately 2 to 4 individuals
for every 1000 births. Cerebral palsy results from injury to the
cerebrum (the largest portion of the brain, involved with higher
mental faculties, sensations, and voluntary muscle activities).?
HealthCentral.com
http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000716.cfm
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In the United States alone it?s estimated that 500,000 people have
been diagnosed with CP and that number increases by more than 5,000
every year.
?Medical science has determined that the incidence of CP is related to
a number of causes. Physical trauma during birth is a leading cause of
CP, this is related to the improper use of forceps or a vacuum
extractor during the birth process. Another leading cause is a lack of
oxygen during delivery. Other possible factors are mother and child RH
incompatibilities and the infectious disease Rubella. CP is usually
diagnosed during the first three years of life when a child fails to
reach developmental milestones such as rolling over, sitting, walking
etc. in a timely fashion.?
http://www.brownandcrouppen.com/cerebral_lawyer.html
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Journal Excerpts: Mission to China
May 16-26, 2001
Gary Morsch, M.
?The incidence of cerebral palsy is very high in China, because
doctors and nurses don't know how to take care of some of the simple
problems that newborn infants face in their first few hours of life.?
http://www.msjwc.org/china1.html
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Great Britain
September 2003
?Cerebral palsy is more common than people realise. It is believed
that currently about one in every 400 children is affected by the
condition, ie. about 1,800 babies are diagnosed with cerebral palsy in
Great Britain each year. It can affect people from all social
backgrounds and ethnic groups.?
Scope
http://www.scope.org.uk/downloads/factsheets/word/introcp.doc
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Cerebral Palsy in Scotland
Scroll down to the center of the following webpage to view tables.
http://www.napier.ac.uk/cprs/research/ssidr_1999.htm
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Europe, North America and Australasia:
?The incidence of CP in Europe, North America and Australasia is
estimated to be 2.5 per thousand live births. Despite advances in
medical care, the incidence of CP is not falling. The frequency in
developing nations is thought to be higher.
The International Cerebral Palsy Society
http://www.icps.org.uk/CP.html
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Australia
?Cerebral palsy affects about 7,500 Victorians and more than 20,000
people Australia-wide.?
Better Health
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cerebral_palsy_causes_and_implications?open
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India
?The incidence of CP is 2-2.5 cases per 1000 live births. There are an
estimated 4-8 million children and people in India with CP, making it
the commonest cause of disability.?
http://www.deepaksharan.com/pocs_cp.html
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Armenia
?Data from the pilot project showed that prevalence of CP in Armenia
is 2 per 1,000 children. Prevalence of childhood disability was
estimated to be 7 per 1,000 children and crude CP prevalence was 2 per
1,000 children. That means that approximately 30% of all disabilities
are due to CP (out of 7 disabilities 2 are due to CP).?
Australian Cerebral Palsy Association
http://www.acpa-inc.org.au/shaping/papers/ee/mkrytchan.pdf
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Cerebral Palsy in 14 European Communities, 12/2002
http://www.ucp.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/4/24/24-6607/4210
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Prevalence and characteristics of children with cerebral palsy in Europe.
?Following agreement on definitions and classification, a central
database was set up to include information on over 6000 children with
cerebral palsy (CP) from 13 geographically defined populations in
Europe. The overall rate for the period 1980 to 1990 was 2.08/1000
live births (95% CI 2.02 to 2.14). One in five children with CP
(20.2%) was found to have a severe intellectual deficit and was unable
to walk. Among babies born weighing less than 1500 g, the rate of CP
was more than 70 times higher compared with those weighing 2500 g or
more at birth. The rate of CP rose during the 1970s, but remained
constant during the late 1980s. Future analyses will include data from
children born in the 1990s. This collaborative work provides a
powerful means of monitoring trends in birthweight-specific rates of
CP and an infrastructure for research and service planning.?
PubMEd
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12227618&dopt=Abstract
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Worldwide
?It is estimated that the incidence of CP is 0.0001-0.0005 in all live
births in the world. Cerebral palsy can be diagnosed at birth with
mild and moderate cases being diagnosed when the child reaches age 1
or 2 years.?
Australian Cerebral Palsy Association
http://www.acpa-inc.org.au/shaping/papers/ee/mkrytchan.pdf
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Practice Parameter: Diagnostic Assessment of the Child with Cerebral
Palsy (CP) Published in Neurology 2004
Prevalence Worldwide
?Worldwide incidence of CP is approximately 2 to 2.5 per 1000 live births.
Each year about 10,000 babies born in the US develop CP. Data from the
Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Registry revealed that ½ the children
with CP were of low birth weight (i.e., less than 2500 grams).?
American Academy of Neurology
http://www.aan.com/professionals/practice/guideline/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.view&guideline=125
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?Developed and underdeveloped countries have identical CP rates.?
?Studies of cerebral palsy prevalence in China, Malta, Slovenia, and
India demonstrate rates identical to those of developed countries. The
availability of electronic fetal monitoring and the capability of
emergent cesarean within 30 minutes is generally lacking in these
countries. This confirms that cerebral palsy is primarily a
developmental event, not influenced by current obstetric technologies
available in developed countries like the United States.?
Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society
http://www.flobgyn.org/services/cpalsy.php
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Additional information that may interest you:
There are three broad types of cerebral palsy:
Spastic
In this form of cerebral palsy, which affects 70 ? 80% of patients,
the muscles are stiffly and permanently contracted.
Athetoid
This form of cerebral palsy affects some 10 ? 20% of patients. It is
characterised by uncontrolled, slow, writhing movements.
Ataxic
This form of cerebral palsy affects 5 ? 10% of patients and involves
the sense of balance and depth perception.
http://www.mynchen.demon.co.uk/Cerebral_palsy/
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Contemporary OB/GYN Archive
Feb. 1, 2004
?An analysis of the Western Australian cerebral palsy (CP) register
shows a 2.8% prevalence of the problem among triplets who survive
beyond their first year, and 0.7% among twins surviving to their first
birthday.4The risk of CP increases more than fourfold with twins and
more than 17-fold with triplets.?
Contemporary OB/GYN http://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/be_core/content/journals/g/data/2004/0201/gedit02.html
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Cerebral Palsy Statistics
?More than 80% of children with cerebral palsy developed the condition
before they were born or within the first month of life.?
? About 500,000 people in the US have cerebral palsy.?
?Each year 8000 infants and nearly 1500 school age children are
diagnosed with cerebral palsy.?
?Approximately 1 in 1000 infants have some form of cerebral palsy.?
?20% of all cerebral palsy have no known cause.?
http://www.stanly.cc.nc.us/GENED/MagerMG/255/projects/project-CP2.htm
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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Volume 83 Issue 6 Page 548 - June 2004
?Multiple born infants have a four times higher risk of developing
cerebral palsy than singletons, mainly related to the higher risk of
preterm birth in multiples. As the rate of multiples doubled through
the 1980s, cerebral palsy cases in multiples increased in the same
period.?
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00545.x/abs/
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?The rate of cerebral palsy has not decreased in developed countries
over the past 30 years, despite the widespread use of electronic fetal
heart rate monitoring and a 5-fold increase in the cesarean delivery
rate over the same period of time.?
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12634632&dopt=Abstract
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