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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Birth Defects Res. 2017 Nov 1;109(18):1504–1514. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1145

Table 2.

Gastrointestinal Defect Counts, Prevalence and 95% Confidence Interval for 28 U.S. State-based Surveillance Programsa, 2010-2014 (Prevalence per 10,000 Live Births)

Biliary atresiab Esophageal atresia/ tracheoesophageal fistula Rectal a nd large intestinal atresia/stenosisc Small intestinal atresia/stenosisd




Variables Count Prev 95 % CI Count Prev 95 % CI Count Prev 95 % CI Count Prev 95 % CI
Total cases 713 0.7 0.6–0.7 2472 2.3 2.2–2.4 4334 4.2 4.1–4.4 3388 3.4 3.3–3.6

Case ascertainment methodologye
 Programs with active case finding 259 0.6 0.6–0.7 955 2.3 2.2–2.5 1788 4.7 4.5–5.0 1050 3.1 2.9–3.3
 Programs with passive case finding 454 0.7 0.6–0.8 1517 2.3 2.2–2.5 2546 3.9 3.8–4.1 2338 3.6 3.5–3.8

Pregnancy outcome inclusionf
 Programs that track live births only 200 0.7 0.6–0.8 646 2.2 2.0–2.4 1084 3.7 3.5–3.9 927 3.3 3.1–3.5
 Programs that track live births and stillbirths 317 0.7 0.6–0.8 1112 2.4 2.3–2.6 1723 4.1 3.9–4.3 1506 3.6 3.4–3.8
 Programs that track all pregnancy outcomes 196 0.6 0.5–0.7 714 2.3 2.1–2.5 1527 4.9 4.7–5.2 955 3.4 3.2–3.6

Maternal race/ethnicityg
 White, non-Hispanic 291 0.5 0.5–0.6 1428 2.5 2.4–2.7 2207 4.0 3.9–4.2 1716 3.3 3.1–3.4
 Black, non-Hispanic 151 0.9 0.8–1.1 324 2.0 1.8–2.2 620 3.8 3.5–4.2 553 3.7 3.4–4.0
 Hispanic 160 0.6 0.5–0.8 535 2.1 2.0–2.3 1104 4.7 4.4–5.0 840 3.6 3.4–3.9
 Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 60 1.1 0.8–1.4 95 1.7 1.4–2.1 213 4.0 3.5–4.6 161 3.2 2.7–3.7
 American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic 9 1.1 0.5–2.1 17 2.1 1.2–3.3 31 5.2 3.5–7.4 14 2.5 1.3–4.1

Maternal age (years)g
 <20 51 0.6 0.4–0.8 197 2.3 2.0–2.6 392 4.7 4.3–5.2 317 4.0 3.6–4.4
 20–24 150 0.6 0.5–0.7 515 2.1 1.9–2.3 1069 4.5 4.2–4.7 782 3.4 3.2–3.7
 25–29 212 0.7 0.6–0.8 621 2.1 1.9–2.2 1092 3.8 3.5–4.0 840 3.0 2.8–3.2
 30–34 142 0.5 0.4–0.6 583 2.2 2.0–2.4 1000 3.9 3.6–4.1 772 3.1 2.9–3.3
 35–39 91 0.7 0.6–0.9 349 2.8 2.5–3.1 525 4.3 4.0–4.7 416 3.6 3.2–3.9
 40+ 36 1.2 0.8–1.6 151 4.9 4.2–5.8 177 6.0 5.1–6.9 202 7.1 6.1–8.1

Infant sexg
 Male 311 0.6 0.5–0.6 1366 2.5 2.4–2.7 2383 4.6 4.4–4.7 1651 3.3 3.1–3.4
 Female 383 0.7 0.7–0.8 1080 2.1 2.0–2.2 1878 3.8 3.6–4.0 1692 3.5 3.4–3.7

Prev: Prevalence per 10,000 live births; CI: Confidence interval

a

Programs contributing to the table: Arizona (2010–2013), Arkansas (2010–2013), Delaware, Florida, Georgia (Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

b

Excludes Vermont.

c

Excludes Arizona.

d

Excludes Arizona, Minnesota, and South Carolina.

e

Program primary case-finding methodology: Programs with active case-finding: Arkansas (2010-2013), Arizona (2010-2013), Delaware, Georgia (Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program), Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas; Programs with passive case-finding: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

f

Program pregnancy outcome inclusion: Programs that track live births only: Louisiana, Minnesota, Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nevada, Oregon, and Vermont; Programs that track live births and stillbirths: Arizona (2010–2013), Delaware, Massachusetts, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin; Programs that track all pregnancy outcomes: Arkansas (2010–2013), Georgia (Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program), Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Rhode Island.

g

Counts of unknown and/or other are not shown.