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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2013 Dec 18;129(3):e28–e292. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000441139.02102.80

Table 15-1.

Congenital Cardiovascular Defects

Population Group Estimated Prevalence, 2002, All Ages Mortality, 2010, All Ages* Hospital Discharges, 2010, All Ages
Both sexes 650 000 to 1.3 million16 3196 62 000
Males 1718 (53.8%) 38 000
Females 1478 (46.2%) 24 000
NH white males 1333
NH white females 1120
NH black males 311
NH black females 271
Asian or Pacific Islander 120
American Indian or Alaska Native 41

Ellipses (…) indicate data not available; and NH, non-Hispanic.

*

Mortality data for the white, black, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native populations include deaths among people of Hispanic and non- Hispanic origin. Numbers of deaths for the American Indian or Alaska Native and Asian or Pacific Islander populations are known to be underestimated.

These percentages represent the portion of total congenital cardiovascular mortality that is for males vs females.

Sources: Mortality: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics, 2010 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death—United States, version dated May 23, 2013. These data represent underlying cause of death only; data include Hispanics. Hospital discharges: National Hospital Discharge Survey, National Center for Health Statistics; data include those inpatients discharged alive, dead, or status unknown.