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Table 1 Numbers and prevalence estimates of children sampled with MSI

From: Childhood musculoskeletal impairment in Malawi from traumatic and non-traumatic causes: a population- based assessment using the key informant method

MSI impairment classification

Number assessed

Estimated Number1

Prevalence per 10002

No. attending school

Neurological

591 (54%)

1228

3.630

170 (28.8%)

Congenital

215 (18.7)

447

1.321

123 (57.2%)

Trauma

145 (13.3%)

301

0.891

82 (56.6%)

Acquired Non-traumatic

194 (17.7%)

403

1.192

133 (68.6%)

  1. 1Estimated number assuming prevalence was similar in children who were referred but did not attend the survey
  2. 2Extrapolations using the total number of children in the villages (338,235)
  3. 3Number per million of all ages