TABLE 2. Prevalence of severe congenital microcephaly,*,† by health service area — New York, 2013–2015.
| Health service area | No. of patients with microcephaly§ | No. of births¶ | No. of cases per 10,000 live births |
|---|---|---|---|
|
All areas
|
284
|
673,077
|
4.2
|
| Western New York |
33 |
45,914 |
7.2 |
| Finger Lakes |
23 |
39,301 |
5.9 |
| Central New York |
16 |
45,412 |
3.5 |
| NY-Penn |
2 |
8,547 |
2.3 |
| Northeastern New York |
7 |
40,676 |
1.7 |
| Mid-Hudson |
22 |
70,512 |
3.1 |
| New York City |
162 |
336,047 |
4.8 |
| Nassau-Suffolk | 19 | 86,668 | 2.2 |
* Confirmed by retrospective chart review and classified by National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) case definition.
† NBDPN case definition for severe congenital microcephaly: head circumference <3rd percentile for gestational age and sex.
§ Cases ascertained from 1) responses to a query of all 154 New York birth hospitals and 2) query of Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System administrative discharge database for all newborns with diagnosis code specifying microcephaly (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code 742.1 or International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification code Q02), born during 2013–2015 to women who resided in New York at the time of delivery.
¶ Number of live births obtained from the New York State Department of Health Vital Records.