Swedish data indicate that 36% of infants with
CP were born at less than 28 weeks gestational age, 25% at 28-32 weeks, 2.5%
at 33-38 weeks, and 37% at term (40 weeks).
Spasticity
of one or more limbs is the most common disability now associated with new
cases of cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy is the second most common
neurological impairment in childhood.