Birth Defects or Congenital Anomalies

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Health care use

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges for all ages with congenital anomalies as first-listed diagnosis: 193,000
• Average length of stay: 6.3 days

Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2, 4

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths for all ages: 10,410
• Number of infant deaths: 5,552
• Infant deaths per 100,000 live births:  134.2
• Cause of infant death rank: 1

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables E, 10, 31

 

More Data

• Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2005 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set
• Births: Final Data for 2006
• Trends in Spina Bifida and Anencephalus in the United States, 1991-2004
• Health Data Interactive