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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 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Anophthalmia / microphthalmia <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Anotia / microtia <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Aortic valve stenosis 11 (4.6) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 14 (5.3)
Atrial septal defect 291 (122.0) 6 (100.3) 8 (118.9) 5 (76.3) <5 (†) 325 (122.1)
Atrioventricular septal defect (endocardial cushion defect) 9 (3.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 9 (3.4)
Biliary atresia <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Bladder exstrophy <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Choanal atresia <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Cleft lip alone (without cleft palate) 10 (4.2) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (4.5)
Cleft lip with cleft palate 10 (4.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (4.5)
Cleft palate alone (without cleft lip) 15 (6.3) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 18 (6.8)
Cloacal exstrophy 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Clubfoot 46 (19.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 53 (19.9)
Coarctation of aorta 6 (2.5) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (4.5)
Common truncus (truncus arteriosus or TA) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Congenital cataract 10 (4.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (4.5)
Congenital posterior urethral valves 5 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (3.7) 1
Craniosynostosis 20 (8.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 21 (7.9)
Deletion 22q11.2 <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Dextro-Transposition of great arteries (d-TGA) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (2.3)
Diaphragmatic hernia 5 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (2.6)
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Ebstein anomaly <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Encephalocele <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Esophageal atresia / tracheoesophageal fistula <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Gastroschisis 7 (2.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 8 (3.0)
Holoprosencephaly <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (2.6)
Hypospadias 97 (79.9) <5 (†) 5 (147.1) <5 (†) <5 (†) 112 (82.4) 1
Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Limb deficiencies (reduction defects) 9 (3.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 9 (3.4)
Omphalocele <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Pulmonary valve atresia <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Pulmonary valve atresia and stenosis 35 (14.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 39 (14.7)
Rectal and large intestinal atresia / stenosis 27 (11.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 30 (11.3)
Renal agenesis / hypoplasia 12 (5.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 13 (4.9)
Single ventricle 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Small intestinal atresia / stenosis 15 (6.3) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 16 (6.0)
Spina bifida without anencephaly 5 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (1.9)
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) 6 (2.5) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (4.5)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) 5 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (3.0)
Tricuspid valve atresia <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Tricuspid valve atresia and stenosis <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Trisomy 13 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Trisomy 18 <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 25 (10.5) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 30 (11.3)
Turner syndrome <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) <5 (†) 2
Ventricular septal defect 158 (66.3) <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†) 0 (0.0) 175 (65.8)
Total live births 23845 598 673 655 58 26610 3
Male Live Births 12140 323 340 353 34 13590
Female Live Births 11704 275 333 302 24 13019
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
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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 8 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 8 (3.0)
Trisomy 13 <5 (†) 0 (0.0) <5 (†)
Trisomy 18 <5 (†) <5 (†) <5 (†)
Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 13 (6.3) 17 (28.1) 30 (11.3)
Total live births 20565 6045 26610
Notes
†- Counts <5 and associated prevalences are suppressed
*- Data for totals include unknown/other maternal age