Table 1

Congenital Malformations Surveillance Data from One of Basra's Three Main Maternal and Children's Hospitals, Iraq 1990 – 2001 [43, 44] (Number and Rate of All Malformations Combined)

Year
No. of Births
No. of congenital malformations
Congenital malformation







incidence rate/1000 births

1990
12,161
37
3.04
1991
9,845
28
2.84
1992
11,800
23
1.95
1993
12,416
28
1.31
1994
12,250
36
2.93
1995
10,576
46
4.35
1996
10,470
48
4.56
1997
13,653
32
2.34
1998
10,186
79
7.76
1999
13,905
136
9.78
2000
12,560
221
17.6
2001
11,445
254
22.19

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