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The Prevalence of congenital malformations among live births in Diwaniyah, Iraq | ||
| KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-211 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; Adel J. Hussein | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was carried out in order to find out the prevalence of CM in 12391 live births born in maternity and children teaching hospital in Diwaniyah city from 1/1/2008—31/12/2008. Of 12391 live births born over this period , 161 newborns had CM (12.9 / 1000 birth ) ,114 males (2.4 % ) , 47 females (0.6 %).Each malformation was studied separately and compared with the prevalence in other countries .We found that CNS defects had the highest rate ( 3.7 per 1000 ) followed by the GIT defect ( 2.5 per 1000 ) . CM was more common with older maternal age, male newborns and consanguineous marriage. Prevalence of different types of CM may help plan primary prevention measures for these anomalies. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| congenital malformation; anomaly; newborn; Iraq | ||
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