Table 1. Number of newborns with TEP and BPR in the period of 1982–1999 by Poisson distribution.
Region | TEP | Births | BPR | CI 95% |
Northeast | 22 | 155,784 | 1.41 | 0.90–2.10 |
Southeast | 94 | 423,261 | 2.22 | 1.80–2.80 |
South | 36 | 214,132 | 1.68 | 1.20–2.30 |
Total | 152 | 793,177 | 1.92 | 1.60–2.20 |
Footnote: TEP: thalidomide embryopathy phenotype; BPR: birth prevalence rate; BPR per ten thousand births.