[Incidence of cerebral palsy in Himeji City 1983-1992].
We investigated the incidence of cerebral palsy (CP) in Himeji City with a total population of about 470,000. In 1983-87 the total number of CP patients and the incidence of CP per 1,000 live births were 40 and 1.4, respectively. In 1988-92, the figures were 51 and 2.0. Periventricular leukomalacia was indicated in MRI in 11 out of 40 cases (27.5%) in 1983-87, and in 25 out of 51 (49.0%) in 1988-92. These results suggest that the increase in the incidence of CP mainly depends on changes of medical care for neonates.
Koterazawa
K
K
Himeji City Center for the Handicapped, Hyogo.
Nabetani
M
M
Miyata
H
H
Kodama
S
S
Takada
S
S
Uetani
Y
Y
Nakamura
H
H
D001724:Birth Weight; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000453:epidemiology