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Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2011 Dec 15;125(1):e2–e220. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31823ac046

Table 8-2.

Annual Birth Prevalence of Congenital Cardiovascular Defects in the United States^{1,4,6,8,36,37}

Type of Presentation	Rate per 1000 Live Births	Estimated N (Variable With Yearly Birth Rate)
Fetal loss	Unknown	Unknown
Invasive procedure during the first year	2.4	9200
Detected during first year^*	8	36 000
Bicuspid aortic valve	13.7	54 800

Includes stillbirths and pregnancy termination at <20 weeks’ gestation; includes some defects that resolve spontaneously or do not require treatment.