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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] |
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| Year(s) |
1990 |
1991–94 |
1995–98 |
1999–2000 |
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| Total number of births |
12,161 |
46,311 |
44,885 |
26,465 |
| Class of malformation (Rate per 1000 births (No.)) |
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| All malformations combined |
3.04 (37) |
2.48 (115) |
4.57 (205) |
13.49 (357) |
| Cardiovascular |
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| Congenital heart diseases |
.16 (2) |
.39 (18) |
.96 (43) |
1.36 (36) |
| Central Nervous System |
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| 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 |
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| Achondroplasia |
.25 (3) |
.06 (3) |
.20 (9) |
-- (4) |
| Arthrogryposis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- (1) |
| Phocomelia |
0 |
--(1) |
.11 (5) |
1.21 (32) |
| Multiple Congenital Malformations |
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| Multiple Congenital Malformations |
.58 (7) |
.65 (30) |
1.09 (49) |
4.23 (112) |
| Orofacial |
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| Cleft lip & palate |
-- (1) |
.15 (7) |
.20 (9) |
.79 (21) |
| Congenital |
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| Chromosomal aberrations |
.16 (2) |
.13 (6) |
.33 (15) |
.30 (8) |
| Gastrointestinal |
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| 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 |
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| Bladder extrophy |
-- (2) |
-- (1) |
-- (2) |
-- (1) |
| Other |
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| 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 |
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