Minnesota
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 15 (0.7) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 21 (0.7)
Anophthalmia / microphthalmia 26 (1.3) 10 (2.6) 5 (1.9) 8 (3.2) <5 (†) 50 (1.6)
Anotia / microtia 62 (3) 7 (1.8) 27 (10.3) 18 (7.2) <5 (†) 121 (3.9)
Aortic valve stenosis 46 (2.2) 5 (1.3) <5 (†) 5 (2) <5 (†) 61 (2)
Atrial septal defect 613 (29.5) 158 (40.7) 93 (35.5) 73 (29.1) 49 (119.8) 1020 (32.6) 1
Atrioventricular septal defect (Endocardial cushion defect) 96 (4.6) 37 (9.5) 6 (2.3) 7 (2.8) <5 (†) 153 (4.9)
Biliary atresia 11 (0.5) 5 (1.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 19 (0.6)
Bladder exstrophy 6 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (0.2)
Choanal atresia 31 (1.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 35 (1.1)
Cleft lip alone 58 (2.8) 16 (4.1) 14 (5.3) 10 (4) <5 (†) 105 (3.4)
Cleft lip with cleft palate 120 (5.8) 17 (4.4) 20 (7.6) 17 (6.8) 5 (12.2) 183 (5.9)
Cleft palate alone 156 (7.5) 23 (5.9) 19 (7.2) 28 (11.2) 12 (29.3) 250 (8)
Cloacal extrophy <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (0.2)
Clubfoot 330 (15.9) 61 (15.7) 29 (11.1) 22 (8.8) 9 (22) 466 (14.9)
Coarctation of the aorta 120 (5.8) 21 (5.4) 11 (4.2) 8 (3.2) <5 (†) 165 (5.3)
Common truncus (truncus arteriosus) 8 (0.4) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (0.4)
Congenital cataract 51 (2.5) 19 (4.9) 7 (2.7) 12 (4.8) <5 (†) 97 (3.1)
Congenital posterior urethral valves 25 (2.3) 11 (5.6) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 44 (2.8) 2
Craniosynostosis 201 (9.7) 17 (4.4) 18 (6.9) 6 (2.4) <5 (†) 252 (8.1)
Deletion 22q11.2 29 (1.4) 7 (1.8) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 39 (1.2)
Dextro-Transposition of great arteries (d-TGA) 68 (3.3) 12 (3.1) <5 (†) 5 (2) <5 (†) 92 (2.9)
Diaphragmatic hernia 68 (3.3) 16 (4.1) 6 (2.3) 5 (2) 0 (0.0) 95 (3)
Double outlet right ventricle 36 (1.7) 18 (4.6) 5 (1.9) 9 (3.6) <5 (†) 73 (2.3)
Ebstein anomaly 20 (1) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 30 (1)
Encephalocele 19 (0.9) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 28 (0.9)
Esophageal atresia / tracheoesophageal fistula 54 (2.6) 8 (2.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 72 (2.3)
Gastroschisis 51 (2.5) 9 (2.3) 10 (3.8) 6 (2.4) <5 (†) 80 (2.6)
Holoprosencephaly 10 (0.5) 9 (2.3) 5 (1.9) <5 (†) <5 (†) 28 (0.9)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 43 (2.1) 12 (3.1) 7 (2.7) <5 (†) <5 (†) 68 (2.2)
Hypospadias 685 (64.3) 174 (88.3) 41 (30.8) 26 (20.2) 8 (38.6) 965 (60.4) 2
Interrupted aortic arch 18 (0.9) 5 (1.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 26 (0.8)
Limb deficiencies (reduction defects) 80 (3.8) 24 (6.2) 15 (5.7) 7 (2.8) <5 (†) 131 (4.2)
Omphalocele 47 (2.3) 16 (4.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 71 (2.3)
Pulmonary valve atresia 23 (1.1) 8 (2.1) 7 (2.7) 6 (2.4) <5 (†) 47 (1.5)
Pulmonary valve atresia and stenosis 292 (14) 76 (19.6) 45 (17.2) 26 (10.4) <5 (†) 458 (14.6)
Rectal and large intestinal atresia / stenosis 90 (4.3) 15 (3.9) 17 (6.5) 6 (2.4) <5 (†) 139 (4.4)
Renal agenesis / hypoplasia 150 (7.2) 30 (7.7) 18 (6.9) 14 (5.6) <5 (†) 220 (7)
Single ventricle 8 (0.4) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (0.3)
Small intestinal atresia / stenosis 66 (3.2) 16 (4.1) 13 (5) 6 (2.4) <5 (†) 112 (3.6)
Spina bifida without anencephalus 63 (3) 11 (2.8) 5 (1.9) <5 (†) <5 (†) 86 (2.8)
Tetralogy of Fallot 101 (4.9) 11 (2.8) 7 (2.7) 9 (3.6) <5 (†) 132 (4.2)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection 15 (0.7) 5 (1.3) 5 (1.9) 7 (2.8) <5 (†) 35 (1.1)
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) 79 (3.8) 15 (3.9) 6 (2.3) 5 (2) <5 (†) 111 (3.5)
Tricuspid valve atresia 14 (0.7) 6 (1.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 25 (0.8)
Tricuspid valve atresia and stenosis 22 (1.1) 12 (3.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 46 (1.5)
Trisomy 13 7 (0.3) 10 (2.6) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 25 (0.8)
Trisomy 18 30 (1.4) 32 (8.2) <5 (†) 6 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 72 (2.3)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 309 (14.9) 102 (26.3) 47 (17.9) 31 (12.3) 10 (24.4) 512 (16.4)
Turner syndrome 34 (3.4) 5 (2.6) <5 (†) 6 (4.9) <5 (†) 51 (3.3) 3
Ventricular septal defect 1577 (75.8) 321 (82.8) 205 (78.2) 131 (52.2) 52 (127.1) 2344 (75) 4
Total live births 207947 38788 26210 25107 4091 312726 5
Male live births 106543 19709 13313 12863 2071 159865
Female live births 101402 19077 12897 12244 2020 152857
Notes
1- Data for this condition exclude inlet ventricular septal defect.
2- Data for this condition include male and unknown infant sex cases only. Prevalenece is calculated per 10,000 male live births.
3- Data for this condition include female and unknown infant sex cases only. Prevalenece is calculated per 10,000 female live births.
4- Data for this condition include inlet ventricular septal defect.
5- 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
Minnesota
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 76 (3.1) <5 (†) 80 (2.6)
Trisomy 13 11 (0.4) 14 (2.2) 25 (0.8)
Trisomy 18 30 (1.2) 42 (6.5) 72 (2.3)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 236 (9.5) 276 (42.5) 512 (16.4)
Total live births 247807 64904 312726
Notes
Data for conditions exclude probable and possible cases
†- Counts <5 and associated prevalences are suppressed
*- Data for totals include unknown/other maternal age