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
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