Table 1 Socio-demographic indicators and cerebral palsy (CP) according to hospital data in Swedish children born 1987–93

Male

413 234

740

1.79

848

2.05

Female

392 309

508

1.29

589

1.50

Metropolitan

256 882

330

1.28

381

1.48

Other City

396 064

642

1.62

741

1.87

Rural

152 597

272

1.78

311

2.04

Missing

12 416

25

2.01

32

2.21

12–19

9 925

21

2.12

21

2.12

20–24

182 640

289

1.58

334

1.82

25–29

300 108

434

1.45

486

1.62

30–34

205 479

313

1.52

365

1.77

35+

94 975

166

1.75

199

2.10

Unspecified

212 676

335

1.58

392

1.85

I: Manual labour

189 923

334

1.76

379

2.00

II: Skilled labor

110 017

177

1.61

198

1.80

III: White collar 1

101 995

140

1.37

157

1.54

IV: White collar 2

126 271

189

1.50

222

1.76

V: White collar 3

64 661

73

1.13

89

1.38

Missing

23 966

43

1.79

55

2.29

Low

146 980

238

1.62

285

1.94

Moderate

438 087

720

1.64

806

1.84

High

196 510

247

1.26

291

1.31

No

747 365

1139

1.52

1304

1.74

Yes

58 178

109

1.87

133

2.28

Missing

62 990

136

2.16

156

2.48

No

701 548

1035

1.48

1193

1.53

Yes

41 005

73

1.78

84

2.05

Missing

194

0

0

0

0

Swedish

651 452

1031

1.58

1177

1.81

Other European

28 500

36

1.26

48

1.68

Non-European

39 637

59

1.49

68

1.72

Mixed

85 760

121

1.41

144

1.68

805 543

1248

1.55

1437

1.78