New Jersey
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 5 (0.2) <5 (†) 15 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 25 (0.5)
Anophthalmia / microphthalmia 15 (0.7) <5 (†) 12 (0.9) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 33 (0.7)
Anotia / microtia 28 (1.2) <5 (†) 62 (4.5) 15 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 109 (2.2)
Aortic valve stenosis 32 (1.4) 7 (1.1) 8 (0.6) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 52 (1.0)
Atrial septal defect 488 (21.6) 464 (71.3) 536 (38.7) 120 (22.3) <5 (†) 1640 (32.7)
Atrioventricular septal defect (endocardial cushion defect) 43 (1.9) 22 (3.4) 39 (2.8) 6 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 112 (2.2)
Biliary atresia 9 (0.4) <5 (†) 5 (0.4) 5 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 22 (0.4)
Bladder exstrophy <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (0.1)
Choanal atresia 25 (1.1) 7 (1.1) 11 (0.8) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 47 (0.9)
Cleft lip alone (without cleft palate) 66 (2.9) 9 (1.4) 19 (1.4) 9 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 104 (2.1)
Cleft lip with cleft palate 91 (4.0) 15 (2.3) 85 (6.1) 17 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 214 (4.3)
Cleft palate alone (without cleft lip) 121 (5.3) 33 (5.1) 82 (5.9) 25 (4.7) 0 (0.0) 274 (5.5)
Cloacal exstrophy <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Clubfoot 284 (12.5) 74 (11.4) 169 (12.2) 46 (8.6) <5 (†) 588 (11.7)
Coarctation of aorta 40 (1.8) 23 (3.5) 37 (2.7) 8 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 111 (2.2)
Common truncus (truncus arteriosus or TA) <5 (†) <5 (†) 6 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (0.2)
Congenital cataract 25 (1.1) 9 (1.4) 11 (0.8) 7 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 52 (1.0)
Congenital posterior urethral valves 16 (1.4) 14 (4.2) 10 (1.4) 9 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 53 (2.1) 1
Craniosynostosis 153 (6.8) 34 (5.2) 78 (5.6) 13 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 287 (5.7)
Deletion 22q11.2 15 (0.7) <5 (†) 7 (0.5) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 30 (0.6)
Dextro-Transposition of great arteries (d-TGA) 16 (0.7) 9 (1.4) 16 (1.2) 5 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 48 (1.0)
Diaphragmatic hernia 42 (1.9) 10 (1.5) 41 (3.0) 7 (1.3) <5 (†) 105 (2.1)
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) 17 (0.8) 14 (2.2) 13 (0.9) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 47 (0.9)
Ebstein anomaly 5 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 5 (0.4) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 14 (0.3)
Encephalocele 6 (0.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 14 (0.3)
Esophageal atresia / tracheoesophageal fistula 59 (2.6) 15 (2.3) 32 (2.3) 10 (1.9) <5 (†) 121 (2.4)
Gastroschisis 24 (1.1) 10 (1.5) 40 (2.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 77 (1.5)
Holoprosencephaly 8 (0.4) <5 (†) 13 (0.9) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 26 (0.5)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 27 (1.2) 11 (1.7) 24 (1.7) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 65 (1.3)
Hypospadias 1150 (98.9) 280 (84.8) 382 (54.2) 162 (58.3) <5 (†) 2018 (78.6) 1
Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) 5 (0.2) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (0.2)
Limb deficiencies (reduction defects) 41 (1.8) 14 (2.2) 37 (2.7) 8 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 102 (2.0)
Omphalocele 18 (0.8) 25 (3.8) 16 (1.2) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 64 (1.3)
Pulmonary valve atresia <5 (†) <5 (†) 5 (0.4) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 11 (0.2)
Pulmonary valve atresia and stenosis 110 (4.9) 94 (14.4) 101 (7.3) 26 (4.8) 0 (0.0) 340 (6.8)
Rectal and large intestinal atresia / stenosis 51 (2.3) 26 (4.0) 44 (3.2) 15 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 140 (2.8)
Renal agenesis / hypoplasia 140 (6.2) 28 (4.3) 96 (6.9) 18 (3.4) 0 (0.0) 290 (5.8)
Single ventricle <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 7 (0.1)
Small intestinal atresia / stenosis 46 (2.0) 20 (3.1) 40 (2.9) 7 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 114 (2.3)
Spina bifida without anencephaly 27 (1.2) 11 (1.7) 35 (2.5) 7 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 86 (1.7)
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) 71 (3.1) 36 (5.5) 45 (3.2) 14 (2.6) 0 (0.0) 172 (3.4)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) 13 (0.6) <5 (†) 14 (1.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 34 (0.7)
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) 21 (0.9) 10 (1.5) 18 (1.3) 5 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 56 (1.1)
Tricuspid valve atresia <5 (†) <5 (†) 6 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (0.2)
Tricuspid valve atresia and stenosis <5 (†) <5 (†) 6 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 13 (0.3)
Trisomy 13 17 (0.8) 6 (0.9) 11 (0.8) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 36 (0.7)
Trisomy 18 13 (0.6) 12 (1.8) 22 (1.6) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 50 (1.0)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 199 (8.8) 80 (12.3) 239 (17.2) 26 (4.8) 0 (0.0) 559 (11.1)
Turner syndrome 20 (1.8) 6 (1.9) 17 (2.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) 49 (2.0) 2
Ventricular septal defect 1004 (44.4) 318 (48.9) 817 (58.9) 169 (31.5) <5 (†) 2362 (47.1)
Total live births 226318 65095 138633 53704 262 501840 3
Male Live Births 116294 33009 70424 27805 139 256836
Female Live Births 110022 32083 68203 25897 123 244989
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
New Jersey
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 72 (2.0) <5 (†) 77 (1.5)
Trisomy 13 17 (0.5) 18 (1.3) 36 (0.7)
Trisomy 18 14 (0.4) 34 (2.5) 50 (1.0)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 190 (5.2) 350 (26.1) 559 (11.1)
Total live births 367493 134334 501840
Notes
†- Counts <5 and associated prevalences are suppressed
*- Data for totals include unknown/other maternal age