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CONGENITAL ANOMALIES REPORTED ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES
BIRTHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1998
TOTAL
CONGENITAL ANOMALY (BIRTH DEFECT) REPORTED
TOTAL, ALL DEFECTS 697
ANENCEPHALUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SPINA BIFIDA/MENINGOCELE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
HYDROCEPHALUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MICROCEPHALUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
OTHER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HEART MALFORMATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
OTHER CIRCULATORY/RESPIRATORY ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
RECTAL ATRESIA/STENOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
TRACHEO ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA/ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
OMPHALOCELE/GASTROSCHISIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MALFORMED GENITALIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
RENAL AGENESIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OTHER UROGENITAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CLEFT LIP/PALATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
POLYDACTYLY/SYNDACTYLY/ADACTYLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CLUB FOOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL/INTEGUMENTAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
DOWN SYNDROME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
OTHER CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED CONGENITAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
NOTE: IN CASES WHERE MORE THAN ONE CONGENITAL ANOMALY IS REPORTED ON A BIRTH CERTIFICATE,
EACH ANOMALY IS LISTED SEPARATELY.
THE 697 CONGENITAL ANOMALIES REPORTED AFFECTED 614 NEWBORNS.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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