Table 2.
Neurologic disability and low cognitive function according to five-minute Apgar score.
| All conscripts | Conscripts with measured cognitive function | ||||
| Five-minute Apgar score | Neurologic disabilitya | Disqualifying neurologic disabilityb | Low cognitive functionc | ||
| N | n (%) | n (%) | N | n (%) | |
| <7 | 136 | 12 (8.8) | 11 (8.1) | 106 | 37 (34.9) |
| 7–9 | 1143 | 29 (2.5) | 20 (1.8) | 992 | 244 (27.2) |
| 10 | 18 280 | 394 (2.2) | 242 (1.3) | 16 113 | 3562 (25.0) |
| Overall | 19 559 | 435 (2.2) | 273 (1.4) | 17 211 | 4344 (25.2) |
a Defined as a record of a diagnosis G ('diseases of nervous system' in ICD-10), noted in conscripts' draft board record.
b Twenty-one men had no entry for army fitness.
c Defined as an IQ in the bottom quartile