The Epidemiology and Demographics of Hip Dysplasia

Table 3

Incidence of neonatal hip instability by screening physical examination.

Study	Year	Location	No. Pts	No. DDH	Incidence (per 1000)
Africans
Robinson and Buse [166]	1979	Kampala, Uganda	2000	4	2.0
Gross et al. [167]	1982	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	2686	1	0.4
Artz et al. [168]	1975	New York City	4286	18	0.42
Indo-Mediterranean
Abdel-Kader and Booz [169]	1968	Kuwait	4000	5	1.25
Al-Umran et al. [170]	1988	Dammam, Saudi Arabia	12733	62	4.9
Khan and Benjamin [171]	1992	Abha, Saudi Arabia	2222	81	36.5
Amerindian
Hernández-Arriaga et al. [172]	1991	Guanajuato, México	16987	25	1.47
Indo-Malay
Morito [173]	1983	Okayama, Japan	4824*	51*	10.6
Chen [174]	1967	Taipei, Taiwan	2257	4	1.8
Hsieh et al. [175]	2000	Taichung, Taiwan	3345	4	1.2
Caucasians—Scandinavia
Andrén [176]	1962	Malmö, Sweden	28292	64	2.26
von Rosen [177]	1970	Malmö, Sweden	34520	171	4.94
Palmén [178]	1961	Falköping, Sweden	12394	70	5.65
Hinderaker et al. [179]	1994	All Norway	959412	9483	9.88
Beckman et al. [96]	1970–73	Västerbotten County, Sweden	11613	119	10.2
Almby and Rehnberg [180]	1977	Uppsala, Sweden	29339	298	10.2
Hiertonn and James [181]	1968	Uppsala, Sweden	11868	242	20.4
Medbö [182]	1961	Ålesund, Norway	3242	50	15.4
Cyvín [183]	1977	Trondheim, Norway	6509	146	22.4
Caucasians—Western Europe
Dickson [184]	1912	Paris, France	1502	12	8.0
		Rennes, France	220	9	41.0
Jones [113]	1977	Norwich, England	29366	76	2.58
Finlay et al. [161]	1967	Uxbridge, England	14594	60	4.1
O’Brien and McGill [185]	1970	Dublin, Ireland	10081	77	7.6
Barlow [33]	1962	Salford, England	9289	139	14.9
Wilkinson [112]	1972	Southampton, England	6272	37	5.9
Galasko et al. [186]	1980	Salford, England	11980	179	14.9
Dunn et al. [187]	1985	Bristol, England	23002	445	19.3
Lennox et al. [188]	1993	Aberdeen, Scotland	67093	3354	50.0
Mitchell [107]	1972	Edinburgh, Scotland	31961	226	7.1
Drescher [189]	1957	Leipzig, Germany
		All	5098	164	32.2
		Vertex	4953	104	30.0
		Breech	145	19	131
Caucasians—Eastern Europe
Szulc [190]	1961–66	Poland	2608	161	61.7
Caucasians—Australia and New Zealand
Phillips [191]	1968	Auckland, New Zealand	43025	148	3.4
Bower et al. [192]	1989	Western Australia	67757	450	6.6
Chaitow and Lillystone [193]	1984	Sydney, Australia	450	3	6.7
Goss [194]	2002	Victoria, Australia	5166	100	19.4
Caucasians—North America
Coleman [195]	1956	Salt Lake City, Utah	3500	30	8.6
Ponseti [196]	1978	Iowa City, Iowa	51359	72	1.4
Gross et al. [167]	1982	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	7490	39	5.2
Lehmann and Street [148]	1981	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	23234	132	5.7*
Tredwell and Bell [197]	1981	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	32480	321	9.9
Ritter [198]	1973	Indianapolis, Indiana	3278	30	9.2
Artz et al. [168]	1975	New York, New York	19020	291	15.3
		All	1528069	16452	10.8
		Scandinavia	1085576	10524	9.7
Caucasian’s weighted avg.		Australia/New Zealand	116398	701	6.0
		Western Europe	185734	4312	23.2
		North America	140361	915	6.5
Mixed/Unknown—All Geographic Locations
Ein [199]	1957	Newark, New Jersey	4597	7	1.5
Stanisavljevic [200]	1962	Detroit, Michigan	5125	35	6.8
Weissman and Salama [201]	1969	Tel Aviv, Israel	6841	45	2.7
Klingberg et al. [202]	1976	Rehovot, Israel
			12150	172	14.2
			6204	49	7.9
			5946	123	20.7
Khrouf et al. [203]	1986	Tunis, Tunisia	10000	41	4.1

*The incidence and either the numerator/denominator were given; appropriate values calculated when possible.