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Table 1 The prevalence of newborn with congenital malformations by country per 1000 livebirths

From: Are hypertensive disorders in pregnancy associated with congenital malformations in offspring? Evidence from the WHO Multicountry cross sectional survey on maternal and newborn health

WHO Region

Country

Hospitals

Live births

Neur.tube/CNS defects

Cardiac defects

Renal defects

Limb defects

Lip/cleft/palate defects

Chromosomal syndrome

Total congenital defects

AFR

Angola

20

10 072

0

0

1

0.1

0

0

1

0.1

1

0.1

1

0.1

4

0.4

 

DR Congo

21

8 525

5

0.6

1

0.1

0

0

6

0.7

2

0.2

1

0.1

15

1.7

 

Kenya

20

20 057

30

1.5

6

0.3

2

0.1

55

2.7

18

0.9

11

0.5

122

6.1

 

Niger

11

10 714

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0.2

0

0

0

0

2

0.2

 

Nigeria

21

12 094

8

0.7

2

0.2

2

0.2

4

0.3

4

0.3

1

0.1

21

1.7

 

Uganda

20

10 626

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

10

0.9

2

0.2

1

0.1

14

1.3

 

Total

113

72 088

44

0.6

10

0.1

4

0.1

78

1.1

27

0.4

15

0.2

178

2.5

AMR

Argentina

14

9 851

14

1.4

25

2.5

8

0.8

10

1.0

5

0.5

14

1.4

76

7.7

 

Brazil

7

7 093

6

0.8

5

0.7

3

0.4

6

0.8

7

1.0

6

0.8

33

4.6

 

Ecuador

18

10 124

2

0.2

14

1.4

2

0.2

4

0.4

3

0.3

8

0.8

31

3.1

 

Mexico

14

13 312

31

2.3

39

2.9

18

1.3

33

2.5

12

0.9

13

1.0

146

11.0

 

Nicaragua

8

6 488

11

1.7

6

0.9

3

0.5

12

1.8

8

1.2

7

1.1

47

7.2

 

Paraguay

6

3 626

2

0.6

4

1.1

2

0.6

1

0.3

0

0

1

0.3

10

2.7

 

Peru

16

15 203

28

1.8

126

8.3

14

0.9

31

2.0

22

1.4

40

2.6

277

18.2

 

Total

83

65 697

94

1.4

219

3.3

50

0.8

97

1.5

57

0.9

89

1.3

606

9.2

EMR

Afghanistan

8

24 478

25

1.0

0

0

2

0.1

5

0.2

4

0.2

2

0.1

38

1.5

 

Jordan

1

1 197

3

2.5

7

5.8

3

2.5

2

1.7

6

5.0

3

2.5

24

20.0

 

Lebanon

9

4 118

9

2.2

21

5.1

3

0.7

0

0

1

0.2

3

0.7

37

9.0

 

OPT

1

975

10

10.2

24

24.6

11

11.3

8

8.2

1

1.0

3

3.1

57

58.5

 

Pakistan

16

12 889

38

2.9

7

0.5

13

1.0

20

1.6

13

1.0

4

0.3

95

7.4

 

Qatar

1

4 000

4

1.0

13

3.3

9

2.2

2

0.5

2

0.5

4

1.0

34

8.5

 

Total

36

48 657

89

1.8

72

1.5

41

0.8

37

0.8

27

0.5

19

0.4

285

5.8

SEAR

India

21

30 399

34

1.1

14

0.5

19

0.6

29

0.9

11

0.4

7

0.2

114

3.7

 

Nepal

8

11 117

8

0∙7

3

0.3

0

0

2

0.2

4

0.4

1

0.1

18

1.6

 

Sri Lanka

14

18 162

22

1.2

88

4.8

10

0.6

75

4.1

32

1.8

24

1.3

251

13.8

 

Thailand

12

8 976

13

1.5

17

1.9

5

0.6

5

0.6

17

1.9

7

0.8

64

7.1

 

Total

55

68 654

77

1.1

122

1.8

34

0.5

111

1.6

64

0.9

39

0.6

447

6.5

WPR

Cambodia

5

4 691

0

0

2

0.4

0

0

2

0.4

2

0.4

1

0.2

7

1.5

 

China

21

13 395

3

0.2

22

1.6

2

0.1

23

1.7

14

1.0

0

0

64

4.8

 

Japan

10

3 566

2

0.6

35

9.8

2

0.6

5

1.4

8

2.2

7

2.0

59

16.5

 

Mongolia

5

7 385

1

0.1

6

0.8

0

0

5

0.7

2

0.3

2

0.3

16

2.2

 

Philippines

16

10 711

9

0.8

1

0.1

1

0.1

6

0.6

9

0.8

1

0.1

27

2.5

 

Viet Nam

15

15 557

3

0.2

5

0.3

2

0.1

3

0.2

2

0.1

2

0.1

17

1.1

 

Total

72

55 305

18

0.3

71

1.3

7

0.1

44

0.8

37

0.7

13

0.2

190

3.4

Overall Countries

359

310 401

322

1.0

494

1.6

136

0.4

367

1.2

212

0.7

175

0.6

1 706

5.5