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. 2015 Mar;35(1):21–22. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.35.1.04

Prevalence rates of 6 categories of congenital anomalies in Canada.

Anomaly Time framea Rate per 10 000 total birthsb
Down syndrome 1998–2007 14.1
Neural tube defects 2004–2007 4.0
Congenital heart defects 2009 85.1
Orofacial clefts 1998–2007 16.3
Limb deficiency defectsc 2007 3.5
Gastroschisis 2002–2009 3.7
a

Time frames vary depending on the data source used for ascertainment of information.

b

Total births include live births and stillbirths.

c

For limb deficiency defects, total births include pregnancy terminations over 20 weeks occurring in hospitals.