TABLE 3.
Severity of cerebral palsy in very preterm infant (<31 weeks’ gestational age) survivors using Palisano gross motor functional classification in Nova Scotia according to five-year epoch, 1988 to 2007
| Epoch | Total | ||||
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| 1988–1992 | 1993–1997 | 1998–2002 | 2003–2007 | ||
| No cerebral palsy | 185 (87.3) | 265 (92.0) | 209 (83.3) | 246 (93.9) | 906 (89.3) |
| Level 1 (mild cerebral palsy) | 17 (8.0) | 12 (4.2) | 31 (12.4) | 11 (4.2) | 71 (7.0) |
| Level 2 to 5 (moderate to severe cerebral palsy) | 10 (4.7) | 11 (3.8) | 11 (4.4) | 5 (1.9) | 37 (1.2) |
Data presented as n (%)