title: The prevalence of mental handicap in New Zealand.
abstract: The administrative prevalence of mental handicap at the age of 10 years was ascertained for a group of children born 1973 and 1974. There was a birth cohort prevalence of 4.35 per 1000 live births.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Wellington.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires