Prevalence of developmental dysplasia of the hip in Al Jouf province, Saudi Arabia

Table 1 Sociodemographic parameters of children with developmental dysplasia of the hip (n = 427), n (%)

Characteristic	Descriptive
Age (Month)
Mean (SD)	31.3 (25.7)
Range	1-168
Sex
Female	340 (79.6)
Male	87 (20.4)
Nationality
Saudi	414 (97.0)
Non-Saudi	13 (3.0)
City
Sakaka	332 (77.8)
Qurayyat	70 (16.4)
Tabarjal	18 (4.2)
Dumat Al Jandal	7 (1.6)
Suwayr	0
Abu Ajram	0
Meegowa	0

Table 2 Prevalence of developmental dysplasia of the hip in different cities of Al Jouf province (n = 427)[1]

City	Percentage	Total births (2018-2023)	No. of patients with DDH	Prevalence (per 1000 live birth)
Sakaka	1.42	23344	332	14.2/1000
Dumat Al Jandal	0.08	8633	7	0.8/1000
Suwayr	0.0	1021	0	0/1000
Tabarjal	0.09	19480	18	0.9/000
Abu Ajram	0.0	78	0	0/1000
Meegowa	0.0	160	0	0/1000
Qurrayat	0.22	32424	70	2.2/1000
Al Jouf province	0.50	85140	427	5.0/1000

DDH: Developmental hip dysplasia.

Table 3 Differences in proportions of developmental dysplasia of the hip by sociodemographic characteristics across different cities (n = 427),n (%)

Demographic		City				P value
		Sakaka	Qurayyat	Tabarjal	Dumat Al Jandal
Age/months (median and IQR)		24 (16-39)	24 (16-47)	23 (12-39)	20 (14-24)	0.76
Sex	Female	263 (79.2)	56 (80.0)	15 (83.3)	6 (85.7)	0.97
	Male	69 (20.8)	14 (20.0)	3 (16.7)	1 (14.3)
Nationality	Saudi	321 (96.7)	68 (97.1)	18 (100.0)	7 (100.0)	0.99
	Non-Saudi	11 (3.3)	2 (2.9)	-	-

IQR: Interquartile range.

Table 4 The prevalence of developmental dysplasia of the hip in the literature

Ref.	Year	Country	Study type	No. of patients	Prevalence/1000 live birth	Female	Male
Mirdad[25]	2002	Saudi Arabia	R	300	3.5	235	65
Almutair[18]	2023	Saudi Arabia	R	212	11.58	134	78
Al Azri et al[17]	2023	Oman	R	795	1.05	652	143
Bialik et al[25]	1999	Israel	P	90	5	-	-
Woodacre et al[22]	2016	United Kingdom	P	182	4.9	159	23
Mace and Paton[23]	2015	United Kingdom	P	201	3.18	145	56
Gyurkovits et al[21]	2021	Hungary	P	55	21.4	45	10
Den and Kokaze[19]	2023	Japan	R	2367	7.59	-	-
Degnan et al[20]	2021	United States	R	6806	1.65	4900	1906

P: Prospective study, R: Retrospective study.