Table 3.
GMFCS-levels in relation to CP subtypes
| SCPE | SC | GMFCS I | GMFCS II | GMFCS III | GMFCS IV | GMFCS V |
| Unilateral spastic | Spastic hemiplegia | 89 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bilateral spastic | Spastic tetraplegia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Spastic diplegia | 54 | 26 | 27 | 18 | 5 | |
| Ataxic | Ataxic diplegia | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Simple ataxia | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Choreo-athetosis | Choreo-athetosis | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Dystonia | Athetosis + dystonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Dystonia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| Nonclassifiable | Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 165 | 60 | 41 | 32 | 45 | |
Number of children with different GMFCS-levels in relation to the CP subtypes, based on the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) and the Swedish (SC) classification systems. Total population of children born 1990–1997 and resident in the counties of Skåne and Blekinge on Jan 1st 2002. Children born abroad and those with post-neonatal CP are included.