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Community child health, public health, and epidemiology
Disabilities and trends over time in a French county, 1980–91
  1. C Cans1,
  2. P Guillem1,
  3. J Fauconnier2,
  4. P Rambaud3,
  5. P S Jouk3
  1. 1Registre des Handicaps de l’Enfant et Observatoire Périnatal de l’Isére, 23, Av Albert 1er de Belgique, 38000 Grenoble, France
  2. 2Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Departement of Information and Biostatistics, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 09, France
  3. 3Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Departement of Neonatology, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 09, France
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr C Cans, Registre des Handicaps de l’Enfant et Observatoire Périnatal de l’Isére, 23, Av Albert 1er de Belgique, 38000 Grenoble, France;
    christine.cans{at}imag.fr

Abstract

Aim: To describe trends over time and types of disability for children born in a French county from 1980 to 1991.

Methods: Data were collected from medical records of a morbidity register; disabled children with at least one severe deficiency have been included. Prevalence rates are given per 1000 resident children, over four three-year periods.

Results: Overall, 7.73 per 1000 children (that is, 1360 children), had a severe childhood disability, and the prevalence rate had increased significantly since 1980. This increase was mainly owing to an increase in cerebral palsy and psychiatric disorder prevalence rates.

Conclusion: Future research aimed to explain these trends over time can be based on such data. The present knowledge is useful for planning purposes.

  • disability
  • trends over time

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.88.2.114

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