Higher birth Lower birth Higher birth Lower birth prevalence of these birth defects prevalence prevalence of prevalence of of these these birth defects these birth birth defects: defects: Tetralogy of Cleft palate Anencephaly Tetralogy of Fallot Fallot Cleft lip with or bifida Hypoplastic left heart syndrome Lower limb without cleft palate Encephalocele Cleft palate reduction Esophageal atresia Gastroschisis Esophageal atresia or tracheoesophageal defects or fistula Down Trisomy 18 tracheoesophageal syndrome fistula Gastroschisis Down syndrome Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17051527?log$=activity The prevalence of birth defects in the United States for 1999- 2001 ranged from 0.82 ore 10,000 live births for truncus arteriosus to 13.65 per 10,000 live births for Down syndrome. Compared with infants of non-Hispanic (NH) white mothers, infants of NH black mothers had a significantly higher birth prevalence of tetralogy of Fallot, lower limb reduction defects, and trisomy 18, and a significantly lower birth prevalence of cleft palate, cleft lip with or without cleft palate, esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal
Higher birth prevalence of these birth defects: Lower birth prevalence of these birth defects Higher birth prevalence of these birth defects: Lower birth prevalence of these birth defects Tetralogy of Fallot Lower limb reduction defects Trisomy 18 Cleft palate Cleft lip with or without cleft palate Esophageal atresia or tracheoesophageal fistula Gastroschisis Down syndrome Anencephaly bifida Encephalocele Gastroschisis Down syndrome Tetralogy of Fallot Hypoplastic left heart syndrome Cleft palate Esophageal atresia or tracheoesophageal fistula Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17051527?log$=activity The prevalence of birth defects in the United States for 1999- 2001 ranged from 0.82 ore 10,000 live births for truncus arteriosus to 13.65 per 10,000 live births for Down syndrome. Compared with infants of non-Hispanic (NH) white mothers, infants of NH black mothers had a significantly higher birth prevalence of tetralogy of Fallot, lower limb reduction defects, and trisomy 18, and a significantly lower birth prevalence of cleft palate, cleft lip with or without cleft palate, esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal
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