Table 3.

table depicting the pooled prevalence of different types of birth defects in sub-Saharan African Countries, 2018

Types of birth defects	Pooled prevalence per 1000	(95% CI :)
Musculoskeletal systems defects	3.90	(3.11, 4.70)
Neural tube defects	2.98	(2.25, 3.71)
Cardiovascular system defects	2.83	(1.56, 4.11)
Gastrointestinal defects	1.50	(1.00, 2.01)
Oro-facial clefts	1.27	(1.6, 1.48)
Unspecified birth defects	0.86	(0.38, 1.34)
Urogenital system defects	0.69	(0.47, 0.91)
Down syndrome	0.62	(0.40, 0.84)