title: [Incidence of cerebral palsy in Himeji City 1983-1992].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Himeji City Center for the Handicapped, Hyogo.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koterazawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nabetani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uetani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: 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