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                                    CONGENITAL ANOMALIES REPORTED ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES
                                             BIRTHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2002


                                                                                                 TOTAL
                   CONGENITAL ANOMALY (BIRTH DEFECT)                                            REPORTED


                   TOTAL, ALL DEFECTS                                                              632

                   ANENCEPHALUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       14

                   SPINA BIFIDA/MENINGOCELE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       14

                   HYDROCEPHALUS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       18

                   MICROCEPHALUS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        4

                   OTHER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       13

                   HEART MALFORMATIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       54

                   OTHER CIRCULATORY/RESPIRATORY ANOMALIES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       45

                   RECTAL ATRESIA/STENOSIS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        7

                   TRACHEO ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA/ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       11

                   OMPHALOCELE/GASTROSCHISIS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       31

                   OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        9

                   MALFORMED GENITALIA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       72

                   RENAL AGENESIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        9

                   OTHER UROGENITAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       21

                   CLEFT LIP/PALATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       33

                   POLYDACTYLY/SYNDACTYLY/ADACTYLY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       53

                   CLUB FOOT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       39

                   DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        8

                   OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL/INTEGUMENTAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       41

                   DOWN SYNDROME  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       18

                   OTHER CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       10

                   OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED CONGENITAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      108






                   NOTE:  IN CASES WHERE MORE THAN ONE CONGENITAL ANOMALY IS REPORTED ON A BIRTH CERTIFICATE,
                          EACH ANOMALY IS LISTED SEPARATELY.
                          THE 632 CONGENITAL ANOMALIES REPORTED AFFECTED 520 NEWBORNS.

                   SOURCE:  CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, DIVISION OF HEALTH, DHHS
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