Sex and Geographic Differences in the Prevalence of Reported Childhood Motor Disability and Their Trends in Taiwan
Table 4
Prevalence rates of childhood motor disability in different studies.
Study
Country
Age (year)
Case definition
Case finding method
Case number (population)
Prevalence (per 10,000)
McLaren et al. (1986)
South Africa
0–10
Walking disability
Household survey and evaluations
4 (630)
63
Paul et al. (1992)
Jamaica
2–9
Gross motor disability: positive for the Ten-Question screen, followed by clinical examination (81% response rate) fitting criteria for the International Epidemiological Study on Childhood Disability
Household survey and evaluations
17 (4429)
38
Rumeau- Rouquette et al. (1992)
France
4–17
Motor disabilities: including all motor or tonicity abnormalities of any origin
Regional registry
1355 (405160)
33
Rumeau- Rouquette et al. (1997)
France
8–17
Motor disabilities: including cerebral palsy and other motor disabilities
Household survey
1309 (325347)
40
Cans et al. (2003)
France
7
Motor disabilities: including cerebral palsy and other motor disabilities
Regional registry
558 (175919)
32
Sauvey et al. (2005)
Nepal
<20
Mobility impairment
Household survey
735 (87599)
84
Luan et al. (2008)
China
0–14
Physical disability: fit the criteria listed by the China National Sample Survey on Disability
Household survey of a nationwide sample
1987 survey
1436 (460618)
31
2006 survey
1960 (479581)
41
Trani et al. (2008)
Afghanistan
0–14
Physical disability: positive for the screening tool of the National Disability Survey in Afghanistan
Household survey of a nationwide sample
unavailable
0–4 years: 30 5–14 years: 80
Murthy et al. (2014)
Bangladesh
<18
Substantial physical impairment: identified by the Washington Group Questions as functional limitations in core domains and lasting for 6 months duration (or from birth)
Key informant methodology
1601 (258000)
62
Household survey
65 (8120)
80
Our study
Taiwan
3–17
Motor disability: confirmed by a physician as fitting the criteria for receiving disability benefits
