Table 2.
Number (percentage) of children with severe neuromotor disabilities at 5 years of age
| Neuromotor disability | Group
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Meningitis (n=1584) | Control (n=1391) | |
| Cerebral palsy: | 79 (4.9) | 2 (0.1) |
| Spastic hemiplegia | 28 (1.7) | 1 (0.1) |
| Spastic quadriplegia | 10 (0.6) | 0 |
| Spastic diplegia | 8 (0.5) | 0 |
| Spastic paraplegia | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| Monoplegia | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| Double hemiparesis | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| Ataxia | 6 (0.4) | 0 |
| Degree and type unspecified | 24 (1.5) | 1 (0.1) |
| Other severe motor problems: | 5 (3) | 0 |
| Severe (unspecified) | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| No voluntary movements | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| Primitive reflexes only | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| Multiple congenital malformations | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| Bilateral amputations through knee | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| Total | 84 (5.3) | 2 (0.1) |