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. 2020 Mar;4(3):185–200. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30402-X

Table 2.

Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 prevalence of congenital heart disease, 1990–2017

Prevalence at birth per 100 000 babies
Prevalence per 100 000 children younger than 1 year
Prevalence per 100 000 individuals (all ages)
Age-standardised prevalence rate per 100 000
1990 2017 Percent change, 1990–2017 1990 2017 Percent change, 1990–2017 1990 2017 Percent change, 1990–2017 1990 2017 Percent change, 1990–2017
Global 1716·1 (1519·6 to 1925·8) 1787·6 (1587·0 to 1999·2) 4·2% (2·8 to 5·6)* 1192·4 (1051·2 to 1353·9) 1233·1 (1092·3 to 1392·7) 3·4% (1·9 to 4·9)* 187·3 (169·8 to 206·7) 157·0 (143·4 to 171·8) −16·2% (−17·4 to −14·9)* 167·5 (152·1 to 184·8) 170·6 (155·6 to 186·9) 1·9% (0·8 to 2·9)*
Low SDI 2517·0 (2212·7 to 2823·4) 2501·1 (2200·5 to 2807·6) −0·6% (−2·6 to 1·2) 1613·0 (1425·4 to 1809·7) 1611·3 (1424·7 to 1812·2) −0·1% (−2·0 to 1·7) 276·8 (250·4 to 305·1) 237·5 (215·5 to 260·9) −14·2% (−15·5 to −12·9)* 184·3 (167·7 to 202·4) 185·1 (168·5 to 202·4) 0·4% (−1·0 to 1·9)
Low-middle SDI 1897·8 (1669·9 to 2128·2) 1867·1 (1648·8 to 2089·7) −1·6% (−3·7 to 0·7) 1278·5 (1131·7 to 1442·7) 1273·8 (1126·3 to 1438·8) −0·4% (−2·5 to 1·9) 217·3 (196·8 to 239·9) 182·7 (166·6 to 200·1) −15·9% (−17·2 to −14·5)* 164·5 (149·2 to 180·5) 165·4 (151·0 to 180·9) 0·6% (−0·8 to 2·0)
Middle SDI 1384·5 (1217·9 to 1567·3) 1350·7 (1191·8 to 1531·5) −2·4% (−4·3 to −0·8)* 1027·9 (894·1 to 1179·4) 1001·6 (879·9 to 1137·5) −2·5% (−4·8 to −0·8)* 172·4 (155·2 to 191·5) 128·7 (116·8 to 141·5) −25·4% (−26·9 to −23·9)* 150·3 (135·7 to 166·6) 152·4 (137·8 to 168·1) 1·4% (−0·1 to 2·7)
High-middle SDI 1207·1 (1052·7 to 1383·7) 1184·2 (1038·4 to 1342·2) −1·9% (−4·2 to 0·5) 949·3 (816·3 to 1102·6) 937·4 (817·3 to 1076·3) −1·3% (−3·8 to 1·3) 151·8 (136·1 to 169·9) 112·4 (102·1 to 123·6) −25·9% (−27·9 to −24·1)* 151·0 (135·3 to 169·0) 154·9 (139·3 to 171·6) 2·6% (0·7 to 4·2)*
High SDI 1235·3 (1106·3 to 1381·0) 1255·5 (1129·6 to 1393·2) 1·6% (−0·2 to 3·6) 995·4 (878·7 to 1122·7) 1020·3 (910·6 to 1135·9) 2·5% (0·5 to 4·6)* 156·0 (144·0 to 170·0) 135·0 (125·1 to 145·4) −13·5% (−14·8 to −12·0)* 193·3 (177·1 to 211·7) 196·4 (180·9 to 212·6) 1·6% (0·2 to 2·9)*
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia
Central Asia 1 582·5 (1 387·5 to 1 805·6) 1 542·4 (1 361·2 to 1 751·5) −2·5% (−7·0 to 2·2) 1 215·2 (1 057·5 to 1 392·5) 1 180·1 (1 026·7 to 1 362·9) −2·9% (−7·6 to 2·1) 226·8 (202·5 to 252·7) 188·7 (168·9 to 210·4) −16·8% (−19·8 to −14·0)* 187·1 (167·5 to 207·1) 187·2 (167·6 to 208·7) 0·1% (−3·4 to 3·5)
Central Europe 1 221·5 (1 053·9 to 1 404·5) 1 216·5 (1 096·0 to 1 350·8) −0·4% (−6·0 to 5·4) 1 007·2 (861·0 to 1 167·5) 1 014·6 (904·7 to 1 130·5) 0·7% (−5·2 to 7·0) 148·7 (133·0 to 165·1) 118·1 (108·8 to 127·7) −20·6% (−24·0 to −16·6)* 177·3 (157·5 to 198·3) 184·2 (168·4 to 200·4) 3·9% (−0·4 to 8·6)
Eastern Europe 1 341·2 (1 167·3 to 1 542·7) 1 314·2 (1 146·0 to 1 513·7) −2·0% (−4·6 to 0·3) 1 067·5 (918·4 to 1 242·3) 1 053·7 (907·5 to 1 220·8) −1·3% (−4·0 to 1·2) 146·0 (131·2 to 162·8) 122·4 (110·8 to 136·1) −16·2% (−17·7 to −14·7)* 176·6 (157·8 to 197·1) 178·5 (158·8 to 200·0) 1·1% (−0·8 to 2·9)
High income
Australasia 974·9 (854·8 to 1127·8) 1023·6 (891·6 to 1165·2) 5·0% (−3·1 to 14·1) 784·7 (680·8 to 910·5) 824·8 (715·0 to 949·8) 5·1% (−3·7 to 14·7) 132·5 (119·5 to 145·6) 121·9 (110·6 to 133·8) −7·9% (−12·1 to −3·0)* 152·6 (136·9 to 168·9) 158·2 (142·2 to 174·6) 3·7% (−1·3 to 9·6)
High-income Asia Pacific 2116·9 (1853·4 to 2425·1) 2066·2 (1792·0 to 2378·9) −2·4% (−5·5 to 1·1) 1700·2 (1461·8 to 1966·5) 1690·3 (1440·5 to 1954·9) −0·6% (−4·0 to 3·1) 224·2 (202·6 to 247·1) 170·3 (154·9 to 186·5) −24·1% (−25·7 to −22·4)* 290·4 (259·3 to 323·6) 294·0 (261·0 to 326·5) 1·2% (−1·1 to 3·8)
High-income North America 1232·2 (1091·7 to 1389·6) 1229·0 (1093·0 to 1382·1) −0·3% (−3·5 to 3·3) 995·7 (872·4 to 1132·3) 995·8 (877·9 to 1128·3) 0·0% (−3·3 to 3·7) 163·2 (148·9 to 179·3) 144·6 (133·2 to 156·8) −11·4% (−13·5 to −9·2)* 191·9 (174·3 to 211·4) 191·7 (175·7 to 209·7) −0·1% (−2·3 to 2·4)
Southern Latin America 1711·8 (1501·9 to 1935·9) 1595·1 (1401·4 to 1806·9) −6·8% (−12·9 to 0·0) 1226·0 (1080·5 to 1385·3) 1165·5 (1023·4 to 1328·5) −4·9% (−11·2 to 2·0) 203·8 (185·7 to 223·9) 161·6 (146·9 to 177·9) −20·7% (−24·3 to −17·1)* 199·5 (181·9 to 219·1) 187·5 (169·9 to 206·5) −6·0% (−10·4 to −1·6)*
Western Europe 963·9 (891·7 to 1043·1) 1139·3 (1055·8 to 1226·5) 18·2% (15·8 to 20·6)* 773·9 (713·3 to 841·9) 920·9 (853·8 to 990·7) 19·0% (16·5 to 21·6)* 127·6 (119·8 to 136·3) 126·1 (118·5 to 134·5) −1·1% (−2·8 to 0·6) 163·1 (153·3 to 174·0) 181·8 (170·7 to 193·6) 11·5% (9·6 to 13·5)*
Latin America and Caribbean
Andean Latin America 1370·9 (1211·6 to 1536·3) 1326·8 (1166·8 to 1506·3) −3·2% (−8·0 to 1·6) 964·0 (849·6 to 1083·3) 936·9 (831·4 to 1061·3) −2·8% (−7·7 to 2·1) 187·5 (171·8 to 204·7) 152·0 (139·9 to 165·7) −19·0% (−21·9 to −16·0)* 147·5 (135·3 to 160·9) 146·5 (135·0 to 159·6) −0·7% (−4·2 to 2·8)
Caribbean 1445·5 (1271·8 to 1638·0) 1638·0 (1450·9 to 1854·8) 13·3% (7·8 to 19·2)* 1039·7 (917·2 to 1180·8) 1138·8 (1007·0 to 1299·6) 9·5% (4·4 to 14·9)* 180·1 (163·3 to 198·5) 150·1 (137·6 to 164·2) −16·6% (−19·1 to −14·0)* 161·9 (147·3 to 178·2) 167·2 (152·8 to 183·1) 3·2% (0·3 to 6·3)*
Central Latin America 913·5 (800·1 to 1030·3) 894·1 (785·7 to 1003·6) −2·1% (−4·4 to 0·2) 645·2 (564·1 to 735·9) 628·2 (554·4 to 709·4) −2·6% (−5·0 to −0·2)* 135·6 (123·6 to 149·7) 106·0 (97·4 to 115·3) −21·9% (−23·6 to −20·2)* 109·5 (100·1 to 119·9) 108·6 (99·7 to 118·2) −0·8% (−2·5 to 0·8)
Tropical Latin America 1077·2 (939·7 to 1222·7) 983·0 (868·7 to 1 103·0) −8·8% (−11·0 to −6·1)* 752·2 (657·1 to 860·7) 688·5 (609·3 to 783·1) −8·5% (−10·8 to −5·8)* 140·7 (127·1 to 155·7) 105·6 (96·9 to 114·7) −25·0% (−27·1 to −22·7)* 123·6 (111·9 to 136·5) 122·8 (112·4 to 134·0) −0·6% (−2·8 to 1·6)
North Africa and Middle East
North Africa and Middle East 1251·3 (1105·6 to 1414·0) 1303·1 (1159·3 to 1464·2) 4·1% (1·0 to 7·1)* 903·2 (794·1 to 1032·7) 915·4 (805·9 to 1045·6) 1·4% (−1·8 to 4·4) 175·7 (157·8 to 195·4) 141·1 (127·6 to 155·9) −19·7% (−21·7 to −17·9)* 132·1 (119·4 to 146·3) 135·0 (122·2 to 149·2) 2·2% (0·1 to 4·3)*
South Asia
South Asia 2047·8 (1805·0 to 2295·6) 1987·3 (1751·0 to 2228·6) −3·0% (−5·2 to −0·6)* 1299·6 (1152·0 to 1463·1) 1257·8 (1117·7 to 1414·8) −3·2% (−5·2 to −1·1)* 215·8 (195·6 to 237·5) 165·4 (151·2 to 181·1) −23·4% (−24·6 to −22·0)* 165·7 (150·7 to 181·3) 163·9 (149·8 to 179·3) −1·1% (−2·5 to 0·4)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania
East Asia 1266·9 (1088·2 to 1473·5) 1243·7 (1077·8 to 1430·2) −1·8% (−5·5 to 1·2) 979·1 (831·3 to 1156·5) 973·3 (838·8 to 1122·7) −0·6% (−4·6 to 2·8) 145·9 (129·5 to 166·3) 100·7 (91·1 to 111·5) −31·0% (−33·7 to −28·7)* 142·1 (125·9 to 161·8) 150·6 (134·9 to 168·0) 6·0% (2·7 to 8·8)*
Oceania 1905·4 (1664·4 to 2168·9) 2088·4 (1844·1 to 2380·3) 9·6% (2·3 to 16·8)* 1407·4 (1228·5 to 1622·1) 1521·0 (1331·0 to 1737·7) 8·1% (1·3 to 15·6)* 265·7 (237·6 to 297·7) 260·4 (234·6 to 290·4) −2·0% (−6·6 to 3·2) 195·2 (175·4 to 217·3) 206·3 (186·3 to 229·2) 5·7% (1·0 to 11·0)*
Southeast Asia 1714·5 (1504·1 to 1944·3) 1686·7 (1477·1 to 1917·9) −1·6% (−4·3 to 1·3) 1296·8 (1127·2 to 1475·9) 1280·8 (1120·3 to 1465·5) −1·2% (−4·1 to 1·9) 224·1 (201·4 to 249·0) 168·8 (152·5 to 186·3) −24·7% (−26·3 to −23·0)* 184·3 (165·9 to 204·4) 186·4 (168·0 to 206·4) 1·1% (−0·8 to 3·2)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central sub-Saharan Africa 2512·8 (2205·7 to 2833·2) 2659·8 (2299·4 to 3034·0) 5·8% (−0·0 to 12·9) 1708·1 (1497·0 to 1924·2) 1760·9 (1529·4 to 1994·2) 3·1% (−2·7 to 9·9) 307·3 (276·3 to 340·3) 284·0 (255·7 to 314·3) −7·6% (−11·7 to −2·9)* 193·9 (175·4 to 213·2) 197·2 (178·2 to 217·8) 1·7% (−2·5 to 6·8)
Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 2855·5 (2504·8 to 3218·7) 2669·5 (2350·6 to 3010·3) −6·5% (−8·6 to −4·4)* 1883·2 (1655·3 to 2127·7) 1788·0 (1577·6 to 2016·8) −5·0% (−7·0 to −2·9)* 338·2 (304·7 to 373·4) 291·7 (263·1 to 320·9) −13·7% (−15·2 to −12·2)* 208·6 (188·8 to 229·4) 202·2 (183·0 to 221·9) −3·1% (−4·6 to −1·5)*
Southern sub-Saharan Africa 2005·5 (1764·9 to 2249·6) 2010·9 (1764·8 to 2257·8) 0·3% (−2·8 to 3·2) 1426·6 (1254·7 to 1615·7) 1429·2 (1257·8 to 1619·2) 0·2% (−2·9 to 3·1) 239·1 (215·5 to 264·2) 199·6 (180·3 to 220·4) −16·5% (−18·5 to −14·7)* 187·1 (169·2 to 205·8) 187·3 (169·3 to 206·7) 0·1% (−2·1 to 2·3)
Western sub-Saharan Africa 2405·2 (2105·2 to 2721·1) 2321·3 (2033·9 to 2619·2) −3·5% (−7·1 to 0·4) 1641·9 (1441·1 to 1866·0) 1595·4 (1401·8 to 1807·5) −2·8% (−6·7 to 1·4) 288·8 (259·7 to 319·8) 266·5 (241·1 to 294·2) −7·7% (−10·8 to −4·7)* 187·2 (169·2 to 205·9) 183·6 (166·9 to 201·5) −1·9% (−5·0 to 1·0)

Data are estimate (95% uncertainty interval). SDI=Socio-demographic Index.

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Significant increase or decrease.