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Table 4 Prevalence rate of the types of developmental delays of the surveyed children by numbers of delays

From: A national prevalence and profile of single and multiple developmental delays among children aged from 1 year up to 12 years: an Egyptian community-based study

Type of developmental delays (Surveyed children = 41,640)*

Children with a single developmental delay

n = 1616 (3.9%)

Children with multiple developmental delays

n = 1162 (2.8%)

Total DDs’ = 2778 (% of total surveyed)

no

Rate*/1000

no

rate*/1000

%*

rate*/1000

Gross Motor (GM) n = 543

130

3.1

413

9.9

(1.3%)

13

OR (CI)

P

multiple versus a single delay

6.30(5.08–7.82) **

0.000

  

Fine Motor (FM) n = 637

52

1.2

585

14.0

(1.5%)

15.2

OR (CI)

P

multiple versus a single delay

30.49 (22.61–41.13) **

0.000

  

Daily life skills n = 958

208

5.0

750

18.0

(2.3%)

23

OR (CI)

P

multiple versus a single delay

12.32(10.20–14.88) **

0.000

  

Communication n = 2197

1172

28.1

1024

24.6

(5.3%)

52.7

OR (CI)

P

multiple versus a single delay

2.81(2.28–3.46) **

0.000

  

Socialization n = 606

54

1.3

552

13.3

(1.5%)

14.6

OR (CI)

P

multiple versus a single delay

26.18(19.49–35.15) **

0.000

  

Total (rate/1000)

38.8

27.9

6.7%

66.7

  1. * Percent and rate were calculated out of the total surveyed children (n = 41,640) per 1000, **highly significant < 0.01