Cerebral Palsy - Brain Health in Ontario Project - WELCOME TO BRAIN CENTRAL

PowerPoint Presentation Cerebral Palsy Brain Health in Ontario Project WELCOME TO BRAIN CENTRAL Cerebral Palsy ● Cerebral palsy describes a motor neuron disorder that arises as a result of an injury to the developing brain. [...] WELCOME TO BRAIN CENTRAL 3 Demographics: Age distribution On April 1, 2019 the majority of people with cerebral palsy were between the ages of 18 and 39 years, with 89% of people being under the age of 65. [...] WELCOME TO BRAIN CENTRAL 4 Prevalence and incidence over time 0.2 5 New cases each year Incidence is the number of people newly diagnosed with a disorder within a given time period while 0.0 prevalence is the number of people existing with the 4 2011 2019 disorder at a given time. [...] WELCOME TO BRAIN CENTRAL 8 Cost Drivers vary by age and sex for prevalent cases Overall, health care costs (in Canadian dollars, 2019) for people with cerebral palsy are higher for the pediatric (0 - 17 years) population compared to adults (18 - 64 years) and are also higher for females than males. [...] WELCOME TO BRAIN CENTRAL 9 Co-occurring brain disorders People with cerebral palsy alone Of those individuals who were identified as having cerebral palsy between 2011 and 2019, 43% (blue) were also identified as having one of the other 12 brain disorders studied using health administrative data.