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Table 3 Type of other congenital defects except NTDs

From: Prevalence of congenital defects including selected neural tube defects in Nepal: results from a health survey

Birth defects

Mountain n(prevalence per 10,000)

95 % CI

Hill

95 % CI

Terai

95 % CI

n(prevalence per 10,000)

n(prevalence per 10,000)

Hydrocephalus

0 (0.0)

8 (5.0)

2.0–10.0

8 (9.0)

5.0–18.0

Scoliosis

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

0.0–4.0

1 (1.0)

0.0–6.0

Cleft palate

2 (6.0)

2.0–23.0

7 (5.0)

2.0–10.0

4 (4.0)

1.0–11.0

Cleft lip

0 (0.0)

3 (2.0)

1.0–6.0

1 (1.0)

0.0–6.0

Limb deformities

0 (0.0)

19 (13.0)

8.0–20.0

13 (14.0)

8.0–24.0

Genital abnormalities

0 (0.0)

11 (7.0)

4.0–13.0

15 (17.0)

10.0–28.0

Any other deformities

3 (10.0)

3.0–29.0

31 (21.0)

14.0–28.0

4 (4.0)

1.0–11.0

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval