Birth
Defects/Congenital
Anomalies
(Data
are for U.S. for year indicated)
Health care use
Hospital inpatient care
Number of discharges for all ages:
182,000
Average length of stay: 6.8 days
Source: 2005 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
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More
Data
Infant
Mortality Statistics from the 2004 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set
Births: Final Data for
2005
Trends
in Spina Bifida and Anencephalus in the United States, 1991-2004
Health
Data for All Ages
Related Links
National
Hospital Discharge Survey
Birth
data
Mortality
data
National
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development
This page last reviewed
August 08, 2008
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