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. 2014 Jun;4(1):010402. doi: 10.7189/jogh.04.010402

Table5.

Studies that reported rates for the burden of spina bifida based on live births only

Author and reference Sample size Cases Rate(per 1000 live births)
Aqrabawi[11]
5088
30
5.90
Asindi et al. [27]
82 176
46
0.56
Bademci et al. [28]
5499
11
2.00
Behrooz et al. [29]
13 262
23
1.73
Cherian et al. [31]
1218
6
4.93
Costa et al. [44]
9386
7
0.75
Khattak et al. [36]
5560
5
0.90
Mandiracioglu et al. [37]
36 331
43
1.18
Njamnshi et al. [38]
52 710
65
1.23
Petrova et al. [40]
141 159
147
1.04
Ricks et al. [42]
35 974
62
1.72
Safdar et al. [24]
33 489
36
1.07
Sayed et al. [25]
46 021
25
0.54
Yuskiv et al. [33] 75 609 29 0.38