Table 2.

General characteristics of study population with FASD and general population.

Variables	Total		Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder		General Population		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	9057	48.6	1364	44.0	7693	49.6	< .0001
Female	9561	51.4	1739	56.0	7822	50.4
Age at Baseline
< 20	5565	29.9	313	10.1	5252	33.9	< .0001
20–29	2672	14.4	265	8.5	2407	15.5
30–39	3091	16.6	399	12.9	2692	17.4
40–49	2838	15.2	599	19.3	2239	14.4
50–59	1819	9.8	556	17.9	1263	8.1
60–69	1490	8.0	551	17.8	939	6.1
≥ 70	1143	6.1	420	13.5	723	4.7
Income
None	513	2.8	114	3.7	399	2.6
Low	2140	11.5	366	11.8	1774	11.4	< .0001
Medium–low	2806	15.1	451	14.5	2355	15.2
Medium	3640	19.6	541	17.4	3099	20.0
Medium–high	4496	24.1	695	22.4	3801	24.5
High	5023	27.0	936	30.2	4087	26.3
Medical Insurance
Medical Aid	513	2.8	114	3.7	399	2.6
Insurance (Regional)	8632	46.4	1428	46.0	7204	46.4	0.0028
Insurance (Corporate)	9473	50.9	1561	50.3	7912	51.0
Disability Type
None	17,865	96.0	2783	89.7	15,082	97.2	< .0001
Mental	492	2.6	219	7.1	273	1.8
Sensory	122	0.7	38	1.2	84	0.5
Intellectual	69	0.4	28	0.9	41	0.3
Other*	70	0.4	35	1.1	35	0.2	< .0001
Disability Severity
No Disability	17,865	96.0	2783	89.7	15,082	97.2
Level 1–2	301	1.6	156	5.0	145	0.9
Level 3–6	452	2.4	164	5.3	288	1.9
Charlson Comorbidity Index
None	4547	24.4	249	8.0	4298	27.7	< .0001
One	4649	25.0	367	11.8	4282	27.6
Two	2465	13.2	339	10.9	2126	13.7
≥ Three	6957	37.4	2,148	69.2	4809	31.0
Region
Metropolitan	8123	43.6	1,583	51.0	6540	42.2	< .0001
City	4730	25.4	601	19.4	4129	26.6
Other	5765	31.0	919	29.6	4846	31.2
Year of Cohort Entry
2003	11,398	61.2	172	5.5	11,226	72.4	< .0001
2004	1740	9.3	180	5.8	1560	10.1
2005	942	5.1	192	6.2	750	4.8
2006	676	3.6	255	8.2	421	2.7
2007	589	3.2	287	9.2	302	1.9
2008	715	3.8	333	10.7	382	2.5
2009	497	2.7	283	9.1	214	1.4
2010	529	2.8	339	10.9	190	1.2
2011	583	3.1	397	12.8	186	1.2
2012	546	2.9	386	12.4	160	1.0
2013	403	2.2	279	9.0	124	0.8
Total	18,618	100.0	3103	100.0	15,515	100.0

*Kidney, musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, nervous system, developmental etc.