Arkansas
Birth Defects Counts and Prevalence 2018-2022 (Prevalence per 10,000 Live Births)
Defect
Maternal Race/Ethnicity
Total * Notes
White,
Non-Hispanic
Black,
Non-Hispanic
Hispanic,
Non-Hispanic
Asian or
Pacific Islander,
Non-Hispanic
American Indian
or Alaskan Native,
Non-Hispanic
Anencephaly 17 (1.5) 7 (2.2) 6 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 31 (1.7)
Anophthalmia / microphthalmia 10 (0.9) 6 (1.9) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 19 (1.1)
Anotia / microtia 28 (2.5) 7 (2.2) 15 (7.7) <5 (†) <5 (†) 54 (3.0)
Aortic valve stenosis 27 (2.4) 5 (1.6) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 37 (2.1)
Atrial septal defect 419 (37.8) 150 (46.8) 73 (37.3) 25 (41.3) 11 (97.6) 685 (38.1)
Atrioventricular septal defect (endocardial cushion defect) 108 (9.8) 21 (6.6) 13 (6.6) 5 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 147 (8.2)
Biliary atresia 5 (0.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 10 (0.6)
Bladder exstrophy <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Choanal atresia 6 (0.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (0.6)
Cleft lip alone (without cleft palate) 50 (4.5) 10 (3.1) 12 (6.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 78 (4.3)
Cleft lip with cleft palate 73 (6.6) 17 (5.3) 22 (11.2) 6 (9.9) 0 (0.0) 118 (6.6)
Cleft palate alone (without cleft lip) 77 (7.0) 9 (2.8) 10 (5.1) 7 (11.6) 0 (0.0) 104 (5.8)
Cloacal exstrophy <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Clubfoot 203 (18.3) 42 (13.1) 19 (9.7) 8 (13.2) 5 (44.4) 279 (15.5)
Coarctation of aorta 76 (6.9) 14 (4.4) 16 (8.2) <5 (†) <5 (†) 110 (6.1)
Common truncus (truncus arteriosus or TA) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 6 (0.3)
Congenital cataract 21 (1.9) 9 (2.8) 6 (3.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 39 (2.2)
Congenital posterior urethral valves 24 (4.2) 5 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 29 (3.2) 1
Craniosynostosis 126 (11.4) 49 (15.3) 8 (4.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 196 (10.9)
Deletion 22q11.2 16 (1.4) 6 (1.9) 6 (3.1) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 29 (1.6)
Dextro-Transposition of great arteries (d-TGA) 32 (2.9) 6 (1.9) 6 (3.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 48 (2.7)
Diaphragmatic hernia 39 (3.5) 6 (1.9) 7 (3.6) <5 (†) <5 (†) 57 (3.2)
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) 28 (2.5) 12 (3.7) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 46 (2.6)
Ebstein anomaly 8 (0.7) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 15 (0.8)
Encephalocele 6 (0.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 11 (0.6)
Esophageal atresia / tracheoesophageal fistula 25 (2.3) 6 (1.9) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 38 (2.1)
Gastroschisis 65 (5.9) 14 (4.4) 12 (6.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 96 (5.3)
Holoprosencephaly 14 (1.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 18 (1.0)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 33 (3.0) <5 (†) 6 (3.1) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 44 (2.4)
Hypospadias 674 (118.9) 134 (83.4) 36 (36.0) 17 (53.8) 7 (116.3) 880 (95.9) 1
Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) 11 (1.0) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 18 (1.0)
Limb deficiencies (reduction defects) 60 (5.4) 13 (4.1) 8 (4.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 84 (4.7)
Omphalocele 23 (2.1) 11 (3.4) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 38 (2.1)
Pulmonary valve atresia 11 (1.0) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 16 (0.9)
Pulmonary valve atresia and stenosis 143 (12.9) 54 (16.9) 21 (10.7) 9 (14.9) 6 (53.2) 236 (13.1)
Rectal and large intestinal atresia / stenosis 42 (3.8) 12 (3.7) <5 (†) 5 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 62 (3.4)
Renal agenesis / hypoplasia 18 (1.6) 7 (2.2) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) <5 (†) 27 (1.5)
Single ventricle 11 (1.0) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 14 (0.8)
Small intestinal atresia / stenosis 41 (3.7) 12 (3.7) 12 (6.1) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 66 (3.7)
Spina bifida without anencephaly 55 (5.0) 7 (2.2) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 68 (3.8)
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) 60 (5.4) 25 (7.8) 9 (4.6) 7 (11.6) 0 (0.0) 101 (5.6)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) 21 (1.9) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 30 (1.7)
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) 36 (3.3) 8 (2.5) 6 (3.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 54 (3.0)
Tricuspid valve atresia 10 (0.9) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 19 (1.1)
Tricuspid valve atresia and stenosis 13 (1.2) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 22 (1.2)
Trisomy 13 <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 7 (0.4)
Trisomy 18 28 (2.5) 6 (1.9) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 36 (2.0)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 152 (13.7) 42 (13.1) 38 (19.4) 9 (14.9) 0 (0.0) 245 (13.6)
Turner syndrome 18 (3.3) <5 (†) 9 (9.4) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 33 (3.7) 2
Ventricular septal defect 751 (67.8) 181 (56.5) 134 (68.4) 34 (56.2) 13 (115.4) 1133 (63.0)
Total live births 110704 32029 19582 6054 1127 179806 3
Male Live Births 56697 16059 9999 3157 602 91795
Female Live Births 54006 15970 9583 2897 525 88010
Notes
1- Data for this condition include male and unknown infant sex cases only. Prevalence is calculated per 10,000 male live births.
2- Data for this condition include female and unknown infant sex cases only. Prevalence is calculated per 10,000 female live births.
3- Data for total live births include unknown infant sex.

General comments
†- Counts <5 and associated prevalences are suppressed
*- Data for totals include unknown/other race
Arkansas
Birth Defects Counts and Prevalence 2018-2022 (Prevalence per 10,000 Live Births)
Defect
Maternal Age
Total *
Less than 35 years 35 of more years
Gastroschisis 93 (5.8) <5 (†) 96 (5.3)
Trisomy 13 5 (0.3) <5 (†) 7 (0.4)
Trisomy 18 21 (1.3) 15 (7.3) 36 (2.0)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 128 (8.0) 116 (56.1) 245 (13.6)
Total live births 159047 20677 179806
Notes
†- Counts <5 and associated prevalences are suppressed
*- Data for totals include unknown/other maternal age