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Archives of Disease in Childhood 2003;88:114-117
© 2003 BMJ Publishing Group & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
 

Disabilities and trends over time in a French county, 1980–91

C Cans¹, P Guillem¹, J Fauconnier², P Rambaud³ and P S Jouk³

¹ Registre des Handicaps de l’Enfant et Observatoire Périnatal de l’Isére, 23, Av Albert 1er de Belgique, 38000 Grenoble, France
² Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Departement of Information and Biostatistics, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 09, France
³ Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Departement of Neonatology, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 09, France

Correspondence to:
Dr C Cans, Registre des Handicaps de l’Enfant et Observatoire Périnatal de l’Isére, 23, Av Albert 1er de Belgique, 38000 Grenoble, France;
christine.cans@imag.fr

Aim: To describe trends over time and types of disability for children born in a French county from 1980 to 1991.

Methods: Data were collected from medical records of a morbidity register; disabled children with at least one severe deficiency have been included. Prevalence rates are given per 1000 resident children, over four three-year periods.

Results: Overall, 7.73 per 1000 children (that is, 1360 children), had a severe childhood disability, and the prevalence rate had increased significantly since 1980. This increase was mainly owing to an increase in cerebral palsy and psychiatric disorder prevalence rates.

Conclusion: Future research aimed to explain these trends over time can be based on such data. The present knowledge is useful for planning purposes.

Keywords: disability; trends over time

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