Research Article
Sex and Geographic Differences in the Prevalence of Reported Childhood Motor Disability and Their Trends in Taiwan
Table 3
The prevalence and rate ratio by geographic area in children 3–17 years of age.
| Year | Number of cases | Population | Prevalence (1/10,000) | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rate ratio [95% CI] |
| 2004 | 2869 | 5318 | 1363979 | 3300331 | 21.03 | 16.11 | 1.31 | 2005 | 2758 | 5254 | 1339995 | 3261838 | 20.58 | 16.11 | 1.28 | 2006 | 2699 | 5118 | 1302738 | 3185089 | 20.72 | 16.07 | 1.29 | 2007 | 2564 | 4905 | 1270284 | 3124999 | 20.18 | 15.70 | 1.29 | 2008 | 2365 | 4540 | 1229992 | 3038638 | 19.23 | 14.94 | 1.29 | 2009 | 2167 | 4276 | 1195230 | 2962710 | 18.13 | 14.43 | 1.26 | 2010 | 1983 | 4039 | 1154481 | 2889952 | 17.18 | 13.98 | 1.23 |
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CI: confidence interval; . |