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Birth Defects Data Available from SCHS

Frequency of Selected Birth Defects In North Carolina

Hypospadias	1 in 320 live births
Ventricular septal defect	1 in 520 live births
Cleft lip and palate	1 in 890 live births
Down's Syndrome	1 in 1,050 live births
Neural tube defect (all types)	1 in 1,160 live births
Limb reduction defects	1 in 2,620 live births
Renal agenesis	1 in 3,250 live births
Tracheoesophageal fistula	1 in 3,340 live births
Tetralogy of Fallot	1 in 3,540 live births
Transposition of Great Arteries	1 in 3,670 live births

Special Studies

Rating	Name	Year Published
	Statistical Primer 19 - Revisions to the North Carolina Birth Certificate and Their Impact on Tracking Maternal and Infant Health Data	2012
	Health Profile of North Carolinians: 2011 Update	2011
	PRAMS Fact Sheet: Folic Acid Awareness: 2008	2011
	SCHS Study 157 - Timeliness of Services During the First Two Years of Life Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children with Orofacial Clefts in North Carolina, 1995-2002	2008
	Statistical Brief 31 - Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and the Risk for Clubfoot in Infants: North Carolina, 1999-2003	2007
	Birth Defects in North Carolina	2006
	SCHS Study 149 - Predictors of Referral to the North Carolina Child Service Coordination Program Among Infants with Orofacial Clefts	2005
	PRAMS Fact Sheet: Folic Acid Awareness	2005
	Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in North Carolina: 2004 Update	2004
	Selected Data on the Health of the Latino Population in North Carolina	2002
	SCHS Study 126 - Knowledge and Use of Folic Acid Among North Carolina Women	2001
	North Carolina Birth Defects Monitoring Program Surveillance Report	2000
	Statistical Brief 19 - Folic Acid Fortification: Initial Effects on Neural Tube Defect Prevalence in North Carolina	2000
	SCHS Study 112 - Infant Mortality and Low Birthweight in North Carolina: The Last 10 Years	1999
	Statistical Brief 16 - Child Service Coordination Program Coverage for Infants with Spina Bifida	1998
	Smoking in Pregnancy in North Carolina, Maternal Characteristics and Trends, 1988-1994	1997
	CHES Study 88 - Trends in Cause and Birthweight-Specific Infant Mortality in North Carolina, 1987-88 to 1991-92	1994
	CHES Study 74 - 1988-1990 North Carolina Birth Defects Registry Report	1993
	CHES Study 60 - North Carolina Birth Defects Update	1991
	CHES Study 52 - North Carolina Surveillance of Birth Defects	1989
	SCHS Study 31 - Accounting for Congenital Malformations in North Carolina	1984
	SCHS Study 29 - Death Among North Carolina's Children and Youth	1983
	SCHS Study 21 - Maternal and Child Health Statistics in North Carolina over the Last Decade	1981
	PHSB Studies 14: Association of Influenza with Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula and Oesophageal Atresia: An Analysis of Clusters	1979

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