Prevalence and trends for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living with cerebral palsy: A birds-eye view.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To provide a birds-eye view of the trends of cerebral palsy (CP) for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young adults.

Method

Data were obtained for this population-based observational study from the Australian Cerebral Palsy Register (ACPR), birth years 1995 to 2014. The Indigenous status of children was classified by maternal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or non-Indigenous status. Descriptive statistics were calculated for socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. Prenatal/perinatal and post-neonatal birth prevalence was calculated per 1000 live births and per 10 000 live births respectively, and Poisson regression used to assess trends.

Results

Data from the ACPR were available for 514 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande

SUBMITTER: Martin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952932 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature