title: Mortality from 1 to 16-18 years in bilateral cerebral palsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To ascertain mortality from 1 to 18 years, and predictors of mortality.
  
  
  METHODS
  Long-term follow-up of population cohort born 1989-1992.
  
  
  METHODS
  Births in South East Thames Region.
  
  
  METHODS
  346 children with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mortality; predictors of mortality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  98% of the cohort were traced. 61/340 (17.9%) had died by age 16-18 years at a steady mortality. The main predictive factor was severity of impairment of functional ability (hazard ratio 5.7, 95% CI 2.1 to 15.0 for poor hand manipulation; 6.8 (1.9 to 23.9).for severe communication problems).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although there were deaths throughout the childhood and teenage years, the majority of children with bilateral CP are likely to survive to adulthood, especially if they do not have major functional impairment at 2 years. This confirms findings of other studies of children with CP.
authors.affiliation: Newcomen Child Development Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London SE1 9RT, UK. gillian.baird@gstt.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scrutton
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNee
authors.forename: Elspeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Will
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elbourne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001724:Birth Weight; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis