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Published in final edited form as: Birth Defects Res. 2021 Mar 23;113(12):968–980. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1893

Table 3. NTD-affected pregnancy prevalence estimates per 10,000 births (95% CI), by maternal ethnicity¹.

	Total no. NTD-affected pregnancies	Prevalence per 10,000 births (95% CI)
	Total no. NTD-affected pregnancies	Anencephaly	Spina bifida	Total NTDs
White	655	4.80 (4.27-5.41)	5.52 (4.95-6.17)	11.49 (10.65-12.41)
Indian	26	12.33 (7.43-20.45)	5.75 (2.74-12.06)	21.38 (14.55-31.42)
Pakistani	17	6.16 (2.93-12.92)	6.16 (2.93-12.92)	14.96 (9.30-24.08)
Bangladeshi	9	7.90 (1.98-31.61)	23.74 (10.66-52.90)	35.66 (18.53-68.61)
Black Caribbean	5	2.88 (0.41-20.43)	11.52 (4.32-30.71)	14.41 (5.99-34.63)
Black African	14	5.78 (2.60-12.87)	5.78 (2.60-12.87)	13.50 (7.99-22.80)
Other	22	2.45 (1.32-4.56)	2.21 (1.15-4.24)	5.40 (3.55-8.20)

¹

Data from EMSYCAR and SWCAR.