Table 1.

Fetal and neonatal deaths due to congenital anomalies in Colombia, 1999–2008.

Year	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total
Number of live births	746,194	752,834	724,319	700,455	710,702	723,099	719,968	714,450	709,253	715,453	7,216,727
Number of fetal deaths	16,583	14,218	18,380	14,727	17,874	18,709	25,354	26,482	29,384	31,582	213,293
Fetal mortality rate (per 10,000 live births and fetal deaths)	217.4	185.4	247.5	205.9	245.3	252.2	340.2	357.4	397.8	422.8	287.1
Number of fetal deaths due to congenital anomalies	666	741	697	687	709	500	813	792	1160	556	7,321
Fetal mortality rate due to congenital anomalies (per 10,000 live births and fetal deaths)	8.7	9.7	9.4	9.6	9.7	6.7	10.9	10.7	15.7	7.4	9.9
Proportion of fetal deaths due to congenital anomalies (%)	4.0%	5.2%	3.8%	4.7%	4.0%	2.7%	3.2%	3.0%	3.9%	1.8%	3.4%
Number of neonatal deaths	9336	9730	8812	7838	7552	7288	7129	6693	6782	6578	77,738
Neonatal mortality rate (per 10,000 live births)	125.1	129.2	121.7	111.9	106.3	100.8	99.0	93.7	95.6	91.9	107.7
Number of neonatal deaths due to congenital anomalies	1357	1592	1539	1481	1521	1555	1450	1506	1540	1499	15,040
Neonatal mortality rate due to congenital anomalies (per 10,000 live births)	18.2	21.1	21.2	21.1	21.4	21.5	20.1	21.1	21.7	21.0	20.8
Proportion of neonatal deaths due to congenital anomalies (%)	14.5%	16.4%	17.5%	18.9%	20.1%	21.3%	20.3%	22.5%	22.7%	22.8%	19.3%