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. 2018 Jul 12;15(7):1470. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071470

Table 4.

National BP Rates of most birth-prevalent rare diseases and rare disease groups monitored by RNMR in the Italian population. Rates in live births of the two-year period 2012–2013.

ORPHA Code Disease Name Birth Prevalence (/100,000)
870 Down syndrome 35.00
- Esophageal atresia and/or Isolated tracheo-esophageal fistula 6.67
96,346 Anorectal malformation 6.37
3451 West syndrome 5.69
388 Hirschsprung disease 4.22
739 Prader-Willi syndrome 3.63
- Biliary atresia 3.14
805 Tuberous sclerosis 2.84
116 Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome 2.65
648 Noonan syndrome 2.45
881 Turner syndrome 1.96
1203 Duodenal atresia 1.86
374 Goldenhar syndrome 1.67
1201 Atresia of small intestine 1.67
290 Congenital rubella syndrome 1.47
904 Williams syndrome 1.47
- Epidermolysis bullosa 1.37
2911 Poland syndrome 1.27
2368 Gastroschisis 1.18
138 CHARGE syndrome 1.18
- Lissencephaly 1.08
98,861 Primary ciliary dyskinesia, Kartagener type 1.08
464 Incontinentia pigmenti 0.78
887 VACTERL/VATER association 0.78
- Congenital colobomatous optic disc 0.69
3205 Sturge-Weber syndrome 0.69
- Alagille syndrome 0.69
2162 Holoprosencephaly 0.59
1896 EEC syndrome 0.59
205 Crigler-Najjar syndrome 0.59
77 Aniridia 0.49
70,590 Infantile apnea 0.49
1915 Fetal alcohol syndrome 0.39
199 Cornelia de Lange syndrome 0.39
908 Fragile X syndrome 0.39
90,308 Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome 0.39
912 Zellweger syndrome 0.29
570 Moebius syndrome 0.29
199,642 Microcephaly 0.29
281 Cri du chat syndrome 0.29
783 Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome 0.29
380 Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome 0.20
280 Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome 0.20
813 Silver-Russell syndrome 0.20
475 Joubert syndrome 0.20
884 Pallister-Killian syndrome 0.20
3157 De Morsier syndrome 0.20
974 Adams-Oliver syndrome 0.20
726 Alpers syndrome 0.20
435 Ito hypomelanosis 0.20
Disease Group Name
- Disturbances of aminoacid transport and metabolism 30.10
- Congenital craniofacial anomalies 21.57
- Chromosomal duplication/deficiency syndromes 8.73
- Disturbances of carbohydrate transport and metabolism, excluded diabetes mellitus 5.39
- Neurofibromatoses 3.92
- Congenital chondrodystrophies 3.53
- Congenital ichthyoses 2.94
- Other congenital anomalies with intellectual disability 2.84
- Chromosomal aneuploidy syndromes 2.55
- Urea cycle disturbances 1.18