Table 3.

Comparison of weighted prevalence estimates per 1000 children for “ever” versus “current” status for cerebral palsy (CP) and intellectual disability (ID); 2011e2012 National Survey of Children’s Health

Characteristic	Ever CP prevalence (95% CI)	Current CP prevalence (95% CI)	Ratio of current: ever CP	Ever ID prevalence (95% CI)	Current ID prevalence (95% CI)	Ratio of current: ever ID
Total	2.6 (2.1–3.2)	2.3 (1.8–2.8)	0.86	12.2 (10.7–13.9)	10.6 (9.1–12.3)	0.87
Sex
Female	3.3 (2.4–4.5)	2.8 (2.0–3.8)	0.84	9.4 (7.6–11.5)	7.8 (6.2–9.8)	0.83
Male	2.0 (1.5–2.6)	1.8 (1.3–2.4)	0.89	14.9 (12.6–17.7)	13.3 (11.0–16.0)	0.89
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	2.4 (1.8–3.1)	1.9 (1.4–2.4)	0.79	12.3 (10.5–14.4)	10.8 (9.1–12.9)	0.88
Non-Hispanic black	4.6 (2.8–7.4)	4.2 (2.5–7.0)	0.91	17.1 (13.0–22.5)	13.9 (10.2–18.9)	0.81
Non-Hispanic other	3.0 (1.7–5.3)	2.7 (1.5–5.0)	0.90	11.3 (8.3–15.4)	8.7 (6.3–12.1)	0.77
Hispanic	1.9 (1.0–3.6)	1.8 (0.9–3.6)	0.98	10.1 (6.4–15.8)	9.4 (5.8–15.1)	0.93
Child age
2–5 years old	2.6 (1.5–4.5)	1.8 (1.0–3.3)	0.70	5.9 (4.5–7.9)	4.7 (3.4–6.5)	0.80
6–9 years old	2.4 (1.6–3.5)	2.2 (1.4–3.3)	0.91	11.8 (9.2–15.2)	10.0 (7.6–13.3)	0.85
10–13 years old	2.7 (1.9–3.7)	2.5 (1.7–3.5)	0.92	15.9 (12.3–20.5)	13.9 (10.5–18.5)	0.87
14–17 years old	2.9 (1.9–4.3)	2.5 (1.6–3.9)	0.89	15.0 (11.8–18.9)	13.5 (10.4–17.4)	0.90
Highest adult education in family
Less than high school	3.4 (2.1–5.4)	3.2 (2.0–5.3)	0.96	17.8 (12.9–24.6)	15.3 (10.6–21.9)	0.86
High school or equivalent	3.0 (2.2–4.1)	2.7 (1.9–3.7)	0.88	12.4 (10.2–15.1)	10.8 (8.7–13.4)	0.87
More than high school	2.0 (1.3–2.9)	1.5 (1.0–2.2)	0.78	9.7 (8.0–11.8)	8.5 (6.8–10.5)	0.87

“Ever” condition includes children that were reported to have “ever been told” they have the condition.

“Current” refers to the subset of “Ever” which gave an affirmative answer to the question “Does [child’s name] currently have [condition]?