Discussion on Birth Defect Prevention in Xinjiang
Objective:To know the situation of birth defect prevention in Xinjiang and evaluate prevention effect,Method:The research material was collected from relative official documents,indexes of prevention measures and birth defect during January 2002 to December 2011.Results:The rate of premarital medical examination was 47.2%,the rate of prenatal screen was 6.2%,the rate of prenatal diagnosis was 0.4%,the rate of neonatal disease screen was 21.1%,the rate of birth defect was105.8 per 10,000.Conclusion:The status of birth defect is serious in Xinjiang,and neural tube defects are the first defect type.Most of birth defect is happened in countryside.The prevention system is faultiness.