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Table 2 Number of children admitted per year, per 1000 children alive at the beginning of the age period, by diagnostic category and age period, births 1980–1999

From: A retrospective population-based study of childhood hospital admissions with record linkage to a birth defects registry

 

Age Period

Diagnostic Category1

< = 1 year

>1–2 yrs

>2–3 yrs

>3–4 yrs

>4–5 yrs

>5–12 yrs

>12–18 yrs

Cardiovascular Defects

1,370

860

592

495

424

232

147

Chromosome Defects

1,282

1,252

919

703

780

411

256

CA of Ear, Face and Neck

1,078

704

455

388

481

249

167

CA of Eye

1,802

1,165

875

700

641

345

203

CA of Integument

962

652

437

437

416

282

193

Gastro-Intestinal Defects

1,800

802

546

439

386

252

165

Musculo-Skeletal Defects

830

555

385

323

300

184

174

Nervous System Defects

1,474

1,363

993

880

818

516

399

Respiratory System Defects

1,231

1,371

1,047

984

873

374

256

Uro-Genital Defects

863

741

543

430

356

206

158

Other Major Defects2

1,506

1,141

907

770

651

463

451

Any Major Birth Defect

1,052

705

510

424

371

221

190

Comparison Group

307

219

155

130

117

81

104

  1. 1 A child may be in more than one diagnostic category of major birth defects
  2. 2 These include: other and unspecified congenital anomalies, cystic fibrosis, hereditary haemolytic anaemias, congenital hypothyroidism, coagulation defects, neurofibromatosis, and muscular dystrophies and other myopathies
  3. CA = congenital anomalies
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