TABLE 4.
Birth cohort at eight vaccine safety datalink sites, 10/1/2015–9/30/2017, and prevalence of selected major structural birth defects (BDs)
| N | % | BD | BD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Per 100 live births | |||
| Full cohort | 212 857 | 100 | 3742 | 1.76 |
| Birth year | ||||
| 2015 | 26 186 | 12.3 | 495 | 1.89 |
| 2016 | 107 202 | 50.4 | 1810 | 1.69 |
| 2017 | 79 469 | 37.3 | 1437 | 1.81 |
| Race | ||||
| Asian | 30 659 | 14.4 | 464 | 1.51 |
| Black | 14 394 | 6.8 | 250 | 1.74 |
| Hispanic | 64 229 | 30.2 | 1144 | 1.78 |
| White | 72 164 | 33.9 | 1399 | 1.94 |
| Other/missing | 31 411 | 14.7 | 485 | 1.54 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 103 925 | 48.8 | 1493 | 1.44 |
| Male | 108 925 | 51.2 | 2249 | 2.07 |
| Insurance | ||||
| Medicaid | 35 306 | 16.6 | 722 | 2.05 |
| Private | 177 551 | 83.4 | 3020 | 1.70 |
| Site | ||||
| A | 81 475 | 38.3 | 1299 | 1.59 |
| B | 9418 | 4.4 | 214 | 2.27 |
| C | 8557 | 4.0 | 149 | 1.74 |
| D | 3917 | 1.8 | 114 | 2.91 |
| E | 10 161 | 4.8 | 236 | 2.32 |
| F | 4953 | 2.3 | 75 | 1.51 |
| G | 84 885 | 39.9 | 1477 | 1.74 |
| H | 9491 | 4.5 | 178 | 1.88 |