Life expectancy in cerebral palsy: an update.
This paper clarifies and updates some issues of life expectancy in cerebral palsy. These are: (1) the definition of life expectancy and how it is calculated; (2) the secular trends that have occurred since the data for the 1998 paper were collected; (3) revised estimates reflecting improvements of some of the analytical methods and statistics provided in that paper; (4) comparison of life expectancies among countries; (5) issues regarding quality of care; and (6) consideration of prospective life expectations in addition to current life expectancy.
Strauss
David
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Life Expectancy Project, 1439 17th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA. Strauss@Life.Expectancy.org
Brooks
Jordan
J
Rosenbloom
Lewis
L
Shavelle
Robert
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends*; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors