Prevalence and Causes of Paralysis—United States, 2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Armour, Brian S. ; Courtney-Long, Elizabeth A. ; Fox, Michael H. ; Fredine, Heidi ; Cahill, Anthony
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  To estimate the prevalence and causes of functional paralysis in the United States.
  
  Methods
  
  We used the 2013 US Paralysis Prevalence & Health Disparities Survey to estimate the prevalence of paralysis, its causes, associated sociodemographic characteristics, and health effects among this population.
  
  Results
  
  Nearly 5.4 million persons live with paralysis. Most persons with paralysis were younger than 65 years (72.1%), female (51.7%), White (71.4%), high school graduates (64.8%), married or living with a partner (47.4%), and unable to work (41.8%). Stroke is the leading cause of paralysis, affecting 33.7% of the population with paralysis, followed by spinal cord injury (27.3%), multiple sclerosis (18.6%), and cerebral palsy (8.3%).
  
  Conclusions
  
  According to the functional definition, persons living with paralysis represent a large segment of the US population, and two thirds of them are between ages 18 and 64 years. Targeted health promotion that uses inclusion strategies to account for functional limitations related to paralysis can be undertaken in partnership with state and local health departments.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disabled Persons Female Health Status Health Surveys Humans Male Middle Aged Paralysis Population Surveillance Prevalence Self Report United States

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• Source:
  Am J Public Health. 106(10):1855-1857
• Pubmed ID:
  27552260
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5024361
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U59 DD000838/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  106
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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