CEREBRAL PALSY AND NEWBORN CARE. I: SECULAR TRENDS IN CEREBRAL PALSY

• Published in: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
• Main Authors: Kiely, John L., Paneth, Nigel, Stein, Zena, Susser, Mervyn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1981
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1981.tb02029.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-8749.1981.tb02029.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1981.tb02029.x

SUMMARY Reports of cerebral palsy prevalence rates per live births in recent decades in western nations show à mixed pattern. Declining rates were noted in Bristol, England, and in Denmark; but more recently à rising rate was noted in Ireland. In Western Sweden à decline has been followed by à recent rise, and in Western Australia à rise has been followed by à decline. Rates with not statistically significant changes have ben found in Iceland and Birmingham, England, and over the seven‐year span of the US Collaborative Perinatal Project, although their over‐all direction was downward. No single factor is likely to explain the trends observed.