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KMID : 0191120020170010086
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
2002 Volume.17 No. 1 p.86 ~ p.90
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The Prevalence of Mental Retardation Among Third Grade Elementary School Children in the Suwon Area, Korea
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Shin Young Yim/Shin Young Yim
Hyun Hee Yu/Il Yung Lee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mental retardation (MR) in Korea. The study population comprised 1,757 third-grade elementary school children residing in a single school district in Suwon, Korea. We conducted the total population survey for 1,537 children who attended one of 5 schools in the district. For the remaining 220 children who did not attend a school in the school district, we found children with MR via inspection of the register list of the disabled. A total of 16 children (7 of the 1,537 children and 9 of the 220 children) were found to have MR, yielding a prevalence of MR of 9.1/1,000. Considering that about 60% of the people with disabilities are registered in Korea, there would be at least 6 unregistered children with MR among the 220 children, so that the prevalence of MR can be estimated at 12.5/1,000 for the Suwon area.
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KEYWORD
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Mental Retardation, Prevalence,
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