Cerebral palsy
Description
cerebral palsy: A group of disorders affecting the development of movement and posture, often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, and behavior. It results from damage to the fetal or infant brain.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_CP |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G80, ICD-9: 343, ICD-8: 343 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G80, ICD-9: 343, ICD-8: 343 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 135 | 65 | 70 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.1 | 0.09 | 0.12 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 21.8 | 18.4 | 24.96 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 48.89 | 53.85 | 44.29 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 3.7 | 0.0 | 7.14 |