Kansas
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 14 (1.2) <5 (†) 7 (2.4) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 24 (1.4)
Anophthalmia / microphthalmia <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 6 (0.4)
Anotia / microtia 7 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 14 (4.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 21 (1.3)
Aortic valve stenosis 15 (1.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 18 (1.1)
Atrial septal defect 1376 (119.6) 127 (112.0) 291 (97.7) 36 (62.9) 23 (321.7) 1908 (113.6)
Atrioventricular septal defect (endocardial cushion defect) 15 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 5 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 20 (1.2)
Biliary atresia 15 (1.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 23 (1.4)
Bladder exstrophy <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Choanal atresia 9 (0.8) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 14 (0.8)
Cleft lip alone (without cleft palate) 84 (7.3) <5 (†) 32 (10.7) <5 (†) <5 (†) 124 (7.4)
Cleft lip with cleft palate 50 (4.3) 0 (0.0) 13 (4.4) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 67 (4.0)
Cleft palate alone (without cleft lip) 54 (4.7) <5 (†) 24 (8.1) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 84 (5.0)
Clubfoot 92 (8.0) 10 (8.8) 25 (8.4) 6 (10.5) <5 (†) 138 (8.2)
Coarctation of aorta 37 (3.2) <5 (†) 7 (2.4) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 48 (2.9)
Common truncus (truncus arteriosus or TA) 9 (0.8) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (0.6)
Congenital cataract 18 (1.6) <5 (†) 5 (1.7) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 25 (1.5)
Congenital posterior urethral valves 8 (1.4) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 12 (1.4) 1
Craniosynostosis 112 (9.7) 6 (5.3) 14 (4.7) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 135 (8.0)
Deletion 22q11.2 6 (0.5) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (0.5)
Diaphragmatic hernia 11 (1.0) <5 (†) 5 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 17 (1.0)
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Ebstein anomaly 5 (0.4) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (0.4)
Encephalocele 5 (0.5) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 10 (0.7)
Esophageal atresia / tracheoesophageal fistula 25 (2.2) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 29 (1.7)
Gastroschisis 39 (3.4) <5 (†) 9 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 51 (3.0)
Holoprosencephaly 5 (0.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (0.6)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 8 (0.7) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 13 (0.8)
Hypospadias 225 (38.3) 23 (39.5) 37 (24.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) 301 (35.2) 1
Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Limb deficiencies (reduction defects) 13 (1.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 17 (1.0)
Omphalocele 18 (1.6) 6 (5.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 34 (2.0)
Pulmonary valve atresia <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Pulmonary valve atresia and stenosis 41 (3.6) <5 (†) 6 (2.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 54 (3.2)
Rectal and large intestinal atresia / stenosis 12 (1.0) <5 (†) 11 (3.7) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 27 (1.6)
Renal agenesis / hypoplasia 59 (5.1) <5 (†) 10 (3.4) <5 (†) <5 (†) 81 (4.8)
Single ventricle <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Small intestinal atresia / stenosis 16 (1.4) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 24 (1.4)
Spina bifida without anencephaly 36 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 8 (2.7) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 48 (2.9)
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) 19 (1.7) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 24 (1.4)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (0.4)
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) 13 (1.1) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 15 (0.9)
Tricuspid valve atresia and stenosis <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Trisomy 13 <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (0.3)
Trisomy 18 12 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 14 (0.8)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 183 (15.9) 18 (15.9) 66 (22.2) 5 (8.7) <5 (†) 273 (16.3)
Turner syndrome 7 (1.2) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 11 (1.3) 2
Ventricular septal defect 381 (33.1) 19 (16.8) 81 (27.2) 9 (15.7) 6 (83.9) 505 (30.1)
Total live births 115092 11342 29785 5722 715 167900 3
Male Live Births 58743 5819 15112 2969 359 85624
Female Live Births 56349 5523 14673 2753 356 82276
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
Kansas
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 50 (3.5) <5 (†) 51 (3.0)
Trisomy 13 <5 (†) <5 (†) 5 (0.3)
Trisomy 18 8 (0.6) 6 (2.4) 14 (0.8)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 126 (8.8) 147 (59.0) 273 (16.3)
Total live births 142978 24922 167900
Notes
†- Counts <5 and associated prevalences are suppressed
*- Data for totals include unknown/other maternal age
Kansas
Notes on Specific Birth Defects
Defect Site Comment
Anencephaly Kansas uses ICD10 codes; no other pregnancy outcomes or unknowns were available in birth defects systems.
Spina bifida without anencephaly Kansas uses ICD10 codes, and values are more specific within the grouping cd codes.
Pulmonary valve atresia and stenosis Kansas uses ICD10 codes, and has values for Stenosis, and Atresia, but not combined. Stenosis was added in 17.
Omphalocele Kansas uses ICD10 codes, and is listed as Exomphalos.
Trisomy 13 Kansas uses ICD10 codes; no other pregnancy outcomes or unknowns were available in birth defects systems.
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) Kansas uses ICD10 codes; no other pregnancy outcomes or unknowns were available in birth defects systems.
Trisomy 18 Kansas uses ICD10 codes; no other pregnancy outcomes or unknowns were available in birth defects systems.
Deletion 22q11.2 Kansas uses ICD10 codes; listed as Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome.
Small intestinal atresia / stenosis Kansas uses ICD10 codes, and values are more specific within the grouping cd codes.
Single ventricle Kansas uses ICD10 codes, listed as Double Inlet Ventricle.
Universal comment In 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 there were four records where sex was unknown, and set to M for the check totals.