Table 2

Redacted Presentation of Congenital Malformations Surveillance Data: All Births at One of Basra's Three Main Maternal and Children's Hospitals, Iraq 1990 – 2000 (Malformation Categories Exactly as Given by Basra Clinicians) [43, 44]

Year(s)
1990
1991–94
1995–98
1999–2000

Total number of births
12,161
46,311
44,885
26,465
Class of malformation (Rate per 1000 births (No.))
All malformations combined
3.04 (37)
2.48 (115)
4.57 (205)
13.49 (357)
Cardiovascular
Congenital heart diseases
.16 (2)
.39 (18)
.96 (43)
1.36 (36)
Central Nervous System
Anencephaly
.25 (3)
.30 (14)
.36 (16)
1.74 (46)
Hydrocephalus
see text
see text
see text
1.47 (39)
Meningomyelocele
.70 (9)
.43 (20)
.94 (42)
1.13 (30)
Musculoskeletal
Achondroplasia
.25 (3)
.06 (3)
.20 (9)
-- (4)
Arthrogryposis
0
0
0
-- (1)
Phocomelia
0
--(1)
.11 (5)
1.21 (32)
Multiple Congenital Malformations
Multiple Congenital Malformations
.58 (7)
.65 (30)
1.09 (49)
4.23 (112)
Orofacial
Cleft lip & palate
-- (1)
.15 (7)
.20 (9)
.79 (21)
Congenital
Chromosomal aberrations
.16 (2)
.13 (6)
.33 (15)
.30 (8)
Gastrointestinal
Oesophageal atresia
-- (1)
-- (3)
-- (3)
.42 (11)
Omphalocele
-- (2)
.11 (5)
.11 (5)
0
Imperforate anus
-- (1)
-- (1)
0
.19 (5)
Diaphragmatic hernia
-- (4)
-- (1)
-- (2)
-- (3)
Genitourinary
Bladder extrophy
-- (2)
-- (1)
-- (2)
-- (1)
Other
Cyclopia
0
0
0
-- (2)
Icthyosis
0
.11 (5)
.11 (5)
.23 (6)

Hindin et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2005 4:17   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-4-17