Table 4.
Distribution of GMFCS-levels in relation to gender and place of birth
Children | Prevalence | Boys | Girls | Born in Sweden | Born outside Sweden | |||||||
GMFCS | n | % | /1,000 | 95% CI | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
I | 165 | 48 | 1.3 | 1.1–1.5 | 101 | 51 | 64 | 45 | 146 | 49 | 19 | 41 |
II | 60 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.4–0.6 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 21 | 55 | 19 | 5 | 11 |
III | 41 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.2–0.4 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
IV | 32 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.2-0.3 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
V | 45 | 13 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.5 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 17 |
Total | 343 | 2.7 | 2.4–3.0 | 200 | 143 | 297 | 46 |
Distribution of GMFCS-levels in relation to gender and place of birth; number, percent and prevalence per 1,000 in 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 have been included. CI = confidence interval.