The prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the Suwon area, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci
; 17(1): 86-90, 2002 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-11850595
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mental retardation (MR) in Korea. The study population comprised 1,757 third-grade elementary school children residing in a single school district in Suwon, Korea. We conducted the total population survey for 1,537 children who attended one of 5 schools in the district. For the remaining 220 children who did not attend a school in the school district, we found children with MR via inspection of the register list of the disabled. A total of 16 children (7 of the 1,537 children and 9 of the 220 children) were found to have MR, yielding a prevalence of MR of 9.1/1,000. Considering that about 60% of the people with disabilities are registered in Korea, there would be at least 6 unregistered children with MR among the 220 children, so that the prevalence of MR can be estimated at 12.5/1,000 for the Suwon area.
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Assunto principal:
Deficiência Intelectual
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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En
Ano de publicação:
2002
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Article