Table 5. Comparison between the birth prevalence of chromosome abnormalities in the current study and other national and international studies.
Study region | Total Cases | Congenital anomalies | Chromosome abnormalities | per 1,000 live births | Ref. |
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Current study | 13,988 | 150 | 59 | 4.22 | - |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 28,376 | 296 | 79 | 2.78 | (25) |
Jedda, Saudi Arabia | 98 | - | 78 | 2.8 | (31) |
Aljahraa, Kuwait | 7,739 | 97 | 17 | 2.18 | (19) |
Assiut, Upper Egypt | 5,000 | 103 | 28 | 5.6 | (9) |
Tokyo, Japan | 14,835 | - | 93 | 6.27 | (32) |
Goa | 8,551 | 166 | 40 | 4.7 | (33) |
Denmark | 77,520 | 2,089 | 291 | 3.75 | (34) |
Wales, England | 466,475 | 20,374 | 1,269 | 2.73 | (35) |