Determinants of Cerebral Palsy in Pediatric Patients in Northern Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics among pediatric CP patients and control subjects in ACSH (April-August 2019).

		Cases N = 50	Controls N = 100	value
		n (%)	n (%)
Age	<5 years	36 (72.0)	53 (53.0)	0.034
	≥5 years	14 (28.0)	47 (47.0)
Sex	Male	29 (58.0)	57 (57.0)	0.315
	Female	21 (42.0)	38 (38.0)
	ND	0 (0.0)	5 (5.0)
Residence	Rural	16 (32.7)	41 (41.0)	0.372
	Urban	33 (66.3)	59 (59.0)
	ND	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
Birth order	<5th child	43 (86.0)	87 (87.9)	0.797
	≥5th child	7 (14.0)	12 (12.1)
	ND	0 (0)	1 (1.0)
Maternal education	None	8 (21.1)	30 (78.9)	<0.001
	Primary	6 (20)	24 (80)
	Secondary	20 (44.4)	25 (55.6)
	Tertiary	2 (9.1)	20 (90.9)
Maternal age	<25 years	14 (29.8)	28 (28.9)	0.657
	25–29 years	17 (36.2)	28 (28.9)
	30–34 years	7 (14.9)	24 (24.7)
	35–39 years	8 (17.0)	13 (13.4)
	>40 years	1 (2.1)	4 (4.1)

CP: cerebral palsy; ND: not documented.