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CONGENITAL ANOMALIES REPORTED ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES
BIRTHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1999
TOTAL
CONGENITAL ANOMALY (BIRTH DEFECT) REPORTED
TOTAL, ALL DEFECTS 562
ANENCEPHALUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SPINA BIFIDA/MENINGOCELE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
HYDROCEPHALUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MICROCEPHALUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
OTHER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
HEART MALFORMATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
OTHER CIRCULATORY/RESPIRATORY ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RECTAL ATRESIA/STENOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TRACHEO ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA/ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
OMPHALOCELE/GASTROSCHISIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
MALFORMED GENITALIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
RENAL AGENESIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
OTHER UROGENITAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CLEFT LIP/PALATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
POLYDACTYLY/SYNDACTYLY/ADACTYLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CLUB FOOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL/INTEGUMENTAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
DOWN SYNDROME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
OTHER CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED CONGENITAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
NOTE: IN CASES WHERE MORE THAN ONE CONGENITAL ANOMALY IS REPORTED ON A BIRTH CERTIFICATE,
EACH ANOMALY IS LISTED SEPARATELY.
THE 562 CONGENITAL ANOMALIES REPORTED AFFECTED 495 NEWBORNS.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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