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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2016 May 23;30(5):496–510. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12299

Frequency of birthweight categories among all cerebral palsy (CP) cases (including those with documented post-neonatal aetiology) at age 8 years, by surveillance year, by race and ethnicity, sex, co-occurring epilepsy, and co-occurring autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

All CP cases with available birth certificate data, including those with documented postneonatal aetiology, age 8 years Surveillance year 2006 (birth year 1998) Surveillance year 2008 (birth year 2000) Surveillance year 2010 (birth year 2002)
Total number of CP cases 316 314 286
 % LBW 51.6 47.1 47.2
 % VLBW 33.5 30.9 26.6
Number of white non-Hispanic cases 175 156 120
 % LBW 43.4 40.4 40.8
 % VLBW 20.6 21.8 19.2
Number of black non-Hispanic cases 114 121 126
 % LBW 62.3 54.5 54.0
 % VLBW 50.9 40.5 34.9
Number of Hispanic CP cases 13 26 26
 % LBW 76.9 42.3 42.3
 % VLBW 61.5 26.9 19.2
Number of boys 173 194 158
 % LBW (95% CI) 49.1 48.5 44.3
 % VLBW (95% CI) 32.4 30.4 27.2
Number of girls 143 120 128
 % LBW (95% CI) 54.5 45.0 50.8
 % VLBW (95% CI) 35.0 30.4 27.2
Number with co-occurring epilepsy 111 127 125
 % LBW (95% CI) 43.2 45.7 44.0
 % VLBW (95% CI) 26.1 26.0 25.6
Number with no co-occurring epilepsy 205 187 161
 % LBW (95% CI) 56.1 48.1 49.7
 % VLBW (95% CI) 37.6 33.8 27.3
Number with co-occurring ASD 20 21 23
 % LBW (95% CI) 70.0 42.9 56.5
 % VLBW (95% CI) 30.0 28.6 34.8
Number with no co-occurring ASD 296 293 263
 % LBW (95% CI) 50.3 47.4 46.4
 % VLBW (95% CI) 33.8 31.1 25.9

CI, confidence interval; LBW, low birthweight (<2500 g); VLBW, very low birthweight (<1500 g).