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We hypothesized that Finland\u2019s current program of universal clinical screening complemented with targeted ultrasound is noninferior to universal and selective ultrasound screening programs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n For this retrospective cohort study, we collected the number of children <15 years of age who were diagnosed with DDH (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision [ICD-10] codes Q65.0-Q65.6 and Ninth Revision [ICD-9] code 7543) as their primary diagnosis after \u22653 visits to a physician. These data were obtained from the Finnish Care Register for Health Care, which collects the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes from every medical appointment. We calculated the annual incidence of DDH diagnoses per 1,000 newborns between 2002 and 2021. Late diagnosis of DDH was defined as a finding of DDH in children aged 6 months through <15 years at the initial diagnosis who had undergone treatment under anesthesia (closed reduction and casting or surgery). We also registered the geographic, age, and sex distributions of the DDH diagnoses.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n During the 20-year study period, 1,103,269 babies were born (median per year, 57,214 babies; range per year, 45,346 to 60,694 babies). A total of 6,421 children had a diagnosis of DDH (mean per year, 321 children; range per year, 193 to 405 children), with a mean calculated incidence of 5.8 per 1,000 newborns (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.7 to 6.0). Altogether, 120 children aged 6 months through <15 years were treated for DDH, with little annual variation (median, 6.5 children; range, 2 to 9 children). The mean national incidence of late-diagnosed cases was 0.11 per 1,000 newborns (95% CI, 0.09 to 0.13).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n Finland\u2019s current DDH screening program, which includes universal clinical screening with targeted ultrasound, is noninferior when compared with other screening programs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n \n Prognostic\n Level III<\/jats:underline>\n . 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