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Incidence of congenital anomalies among Black and White live births with long-term follow-up

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  • Christianson, R.E.
  • Van Den Berg, B.J.
  • Milkovich, L.
  • Oechsli, F.W.

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The incidence of congenital anomalies at birth and accumulated to age five years is presented for live-born children in a large prospective study. Congenital anomalies are not all diagnosable at birth; our data demonstrate that the incidence rate increases approximately three-and-one-halffold for Blacks and fivefold for Whites between six days of age and five years of age. The incidence of congenital anomalies at birth was higher among Black children than White children, but there were no notable differences between the groups in incidence accumulated to age five years. At five years, the incidence rate of severe and moderate (but not trivial) congenital anomalies amounted to 15%; for severe congenital anomalies, 4%. Severe congenital anomalies diagnosed through age five years were observed to have a much higher incidence among children who weighed 2,500 gm or less at birth than among those who were heavier.

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  • Christianson, R.E. & Van Den Berg, B.J. & Milkovich, L. & Oechsli, F.W., 1981. "Incidence of congenital anomalies among Black and White live births with long-term follow-up," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 71(12), pages 1333-1341.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1981:71:12:1333-1341_9
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    1. Robert W. Fogel, 1986. "Nutrition and the Decline in Mortality Since 1700: Some Additional Preliminary Findings," NBER Working Papers 1802, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Link, Bruce G. & Susser, Ezra S. & Factor-Litvak, Pam & March, Dana & Kezios, Katrina L. & Lovasi, Gina S. & Rundle, Andrew G. & Suglia, Shakira F. & Fader, Kim M. & Andrews, Howard F. & Johnson, Eile, 2017. "Disparities in self-rated health across generations and through the life course," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 174(C), pages 17-25.

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