title: The use of a registry case load survey in predicting trends in rehabilitative needs for the handicapped.
abstract: A special follow-up study of handicapped children was carried out to determine the level of residual disability in the caseload of the British Columbia Health Surveillance Registry. A total of 10,689 cases, aged seven or fourteen years were surveyed. Sixty-eight per cent of seven-year-olds and sixty-five per cent of fourteen-year-olds had a residual handicap. Of 3,131 seven-year-olds with a residual handicap, four per cent were not attending a school of any kind. Three per cent of the 4,094 fourteen-year-olds with a residual handicap were not attending school. These figures, along with prevalence statistics obtained through other Registry procedures provide useful minimal data for planning rehabilitative facilities for handicapped persons.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001955:British Columbia; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000150:complications; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004522:Educational Status; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000150:complications; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012042:Registries; D012046:Rehabilitation