Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estimates of children and adolescents with disabilities worldwide are needed to inform global intervention under the disability-inclusive provisions of the Sustainable Development Goals. We sought to update the most widely reported estimate of 93 million children <15 years with disabilities from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2004.

Methods

We analyzed Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 data on the prevalence of childhood epilepsy, intellectual disability, and vision or hearing loss and on years lived with disability (YLD) derived from systematic reviews, health surveys, hospital and claims databases, cohort studies, and disease-specific registries. Point estimates of the prevalence and YLD and the 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) around the estimates were asse

SUBMITTER: Olusanya BO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7613313 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature