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Table 1 ICD - 10 diagnostic criteria for mental retardation

From: Agreement between clinicians' and care givers' assessment of intelligence in Nigerian children with intellectual disability: 'ratio IQ' as a viable option in the absence of standardized 'deviance IQ' tests in sub-Saharan Africa

Category

Mental Retardation

IQ Range

Median IQ

Mental Age Range (Years)

Median Mental Age

F 70

Mild

50 - 69

60

9 to under 12 (9 - 11)

10

F 71

Moderate

35 - 49

42

6 to under 9 (6 - 8)

7

F 72

Severe

20 - 34

27

3 to under 6 (3 - 5)

4

F 73

Profound

Below 20

10

Less than 3 (0 - 2)

1