BACKGROUND: @entity306 presents with a range of severity of cognitive, motor, and sensory disabilities, which might affect survival. AIMS: To quantify the effects of motor, cognitive, and sensory disabilities, year of birth, birth weight, and gestational age on survival in @entity306 . METHODS: A cohort of @entity1 with @entity306 born between 1966 and 1989 to mothers resident in a defined geographical region was subdivided into early impairment (EICP: cerebral insult prenatally or within 28 days of birth) or late impairment (LICP: insult at least 28 days after birth). Deaths are notified by the National Health Service Central Register. Birth and disability details were obtained from clinical records. Survival analyses were carried out. RESULTS: Severe motor disability was associated with a 30 year survival of 42% and severe @entity73 with a 30 year survival of 62%. Severe @entity227 was associated with a 30 year survival of 38%, but the association of survival with @entity393 was weak. EICP had better survival than LICP but the difference was not significant after allowing for severity of functional disabilities. Normal birth weight @entity1 (>/= 2500 g) showed no birth cohort effect, but the 10 year survival of low birth weight (<2500 g) @entity1 declined from 97% for 1966 to 89% for 1989 births. CONCLUSIONS: Survival in @entity306 varies according to the severity and @entity717 and by birth weight. Among low birth weight @entity1 , survival declined steadily from 1966 to 1989 after allowing for disability. The disabilities reported do not capture all the factors affecting survival of preterm @entity1 .

Effects of cognitive, motor, and sensory disabilities on survival in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'infants'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visual disability'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive disability'] @entity717 :: ('MESH:D009069', 'Disease') :: ['number of functional disabilities'] @entity393 :: ('MESH:D034381', 'Disease') :: ['hearing disability'] @entity306 :: ('MESH:D002547', 'Disease') :: ['cerebral palsy', 'Cerebral palsy']
@entity306 :: (MESH:D002547,Disease) :: ['cerebral palsy']
