Table 1.
Frequency of outcomes of specific birth defects and childhood cancers, Camp Lejeune, 1968–1985
| Outcome | Total (includes cases that could not be verified) |
Total verified |
Parent interviewed |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % Interviewed | ||
|
Neural tube defects |
17 |
15 |
-- |
15 |
100.0 |
| - anencephaly |
7 |
6 |
40.0 |
6 |
100.0 |
| - spina bifida |
10 |
9 |
60.0 |
9 |
100.0 |
|
Oral cleft defect |
27 |
24 |
-- |
23 |
95.8 |
| - cleft palate |
12 |
11 |
45.8 |
10 |
91.0 |
| - cleft lip (with or without cleft palate) |
15 |
13 |
54.2 |
13 |
100.0 |
|
Childhood hematopoietic cancers |
14 |
13 |
-- |
13 |
100.0 |
| - leukemia |
11 |
11 |
84.6 |
11 |
100.0 |
| - non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma |
3 |
2 |
15.4 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Total | 58 | 52 | -- | 51 | 98.1 |