Sex and Geographic Differences in the Prevalence of Reported Childhood Motor Disability and Their Trends in Taiwan

Table 1

The prevalence (per 10,000 children)^a of motor disability by age in children 3–17 years of age.

Year	3–5 years			6–11 years			12–14 years			15–17 years			3–17 years
		Pop.	Prev.		Pop.	Prev.		Pop.	Prev.		Pop.	Prev.		Pop.	Prev.
2004	1341	846130	15.85	3124	1887027	16.56	1774	973188	18.23	1948	957965	20.33	8187	4664310	17.55
2005	1227	809663	15.15	3058	1843489	16.59	1772	964802	18.37	1955	983879	19.87	8012	4601833	17.41
2006	1055	730819	14.44	3036	1826824	16.62	1748	968634	18.05	1978	961550	20.57	7817	4487827	17.42
2007	969	692164	14.00	2853	1759057	16.22	1670	972584	17.17	1977	971478	20.35	7469	4395283	16.99
2008	846	654179	12.93	2588	1682797	15.38	1612	968553	16.64	1859	963101	19.30	6905	4268630	16.18
2009	779	633676	12.29	2287	1587433	14.41	1639	969690	16.90	1738	967141	17.97	6443	4157940	15.50
2010	735	621318	11.83	2090	1538830	13.58	1542	912829	16.89	1655	971456	17.04	6022	4044433	14.89

prevalence (Prev.) was estimated by dividing (number of cases) by Pop. (population) in each age group in each year.