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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.
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  • Source:
    Am J Public Health. 106(10):1855-1857
  • Pubmed ID:
    27552260
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC5024361
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U59 DD000838/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Volume:
    106
  • Issue:
    10
  • Download URL:
    https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47318/cdc_47318_DS1.pdf
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    CDC Public Access
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