Table 7.

Estimated health effects of exposures to landfills in the three countries as annual cases of congenital malformations and newborns of low birth weight.

	Italy			Slovakia			England
	Expected cases	Additional cases	99% CI	Expected cases	Additional cases	99% CI	Expected cases	Additional cases	99% CI
All congenital anomalies	73	1.47	0.73 - 2.20	77	1.54	0.77 - 2.31	83	2.7	1.35 - 4.05
Neural tube defects	6	0.37	0.06 - 0.74	2	0.11	0.02 - 0.23	5	0.31	0.05 - 0.62
Hypospadias and epispadias	10	0.67	0.38 - 1.06	7	0.48	0.27 - 0.75	16	1.13	0.65 - 1.78
Abdominal wall defects	2	0.08	-0.09 - 0.24	12	0.60	-0.72 - 1.92	5	0.27	-0.32 - 0.86
Gastroschisis and exomphalos	2	0.27	0.05 - 0.51	12	2.16	0.36 - 4.09	5	0.85	0.14 - 1.61
Low birth weight	706	42.4	35.3-42.4	212	12.7	10.62 - 12.74	975	58.5	48.7 - 58.5