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The overall administrative prevalence of mental retardation was 12.0 per 1000 children. The rate for mild mental retardation (IQ of 50 to 70) was 8.4 per 1000 and the rate for severe mental retardation (IQ lower than 50) was 3.6 per 1000. The prevalence was higher in Black children than in White children (prevalence odds ratio [POR] = 2.7) and in boys than in girls (POR = 1.4). Children with severe mental retardation had more coexisting disabilities than did children with mild mental retardation. CONCLUSIONS. 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