Table 4 Comparative table of NTDs’ prevalence rates per 10,000 births in different countries in the world and Morocco
From: Incidence of neural tube defects and their risk factors within a cohort of Moroccan newborn infants
Country and study period | NTD’s prevalence rates per 10,000 births | Specific prevalence rates per 10,000 births | Incidence rates per 1000 births | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anencephaly | Spina Bifida | Encephalocele | |||
In Africa | |||||
Algeria | |||||
- 2004–2006 [7] | 75.3 | 32.2 | 42.8 | 0.3 | 7.5 [8] |
- 2012–2013 [9] | 15.8 | 1.58 | |||
Tunisia [10] | 2.2 | ||||
Libya 1995 [11] | 7.4 | 0.6 | |||
Congo [12] 1993–2001 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 1 |
Ghana [13] 1991–1992 | 8.4 | 3.1 | |||
Nigeria [14] 1980–2003 | 1.6 | 3.7 | |||
Morocco | |||||
- 2008–2011 [15] | 21.78–12.1 | ||||
- 2012–2015 [16] | 10.5 | ||||
- 2011–2016 | 10 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 1 |
In Europe 2011–2017 [17] | 10.08 | 4.05 | 4.91 | 1.12 | 1 |
France | |||||
(Rhône Alps) | 12.51 | 5.24 | 6.00 | 1.27 | 1.2 |
(Auvergne) | 11.73 | 4.82 | 5.48 | 1.43 | 1.17 |
Belgium (Antwerp) | 5.74 | 1.70 | 3.64 | 0.40 | 0.57 |
Germany (Mainz) | 13.11 | 4.63 | 6.94 | 1.54 | 1.3 |
Sweden | 7.12 | 2.64 | 3.76 | 0.72 | 0.7 |
Denmark (Odense) | 14.17 | 4.72 | 7.99 | 1.45 | 1.4 |
Italy (Emilia Romagna) | 5.36 | 1.74 | 2.70 | 0.93 | 0.5 |
Spain (Basque country) | 11.04 | 6.20 | 4.16 | 0.69 | 1.1 |
England and Wales | |||||
- 2000 [18] | 16.3 | 1.6 | |||
- 2004 [19] | 12.8 | 1.3 | |||
In American continent | |||||
Costa Rica [20] | |||||
- 1987 | 9.8 | 0.98 | |||
- 2012 | 4.8 | 0.48 | |||
- 1999–2007 | 5.25 | 1.3 | 3.17 | 0.78 | 0.52 |
- 1995–2002 | |||||
Hispanics | 4.2 | 2.8 | |||
Non-Hispanic whites | 3.4 | 2 | |||
Non-Hispanic blacks | 2.9 | 1.8 | |||
Mexico 2008–2013 [23] | 3.2 | 1.52 | 1.39 | 0.28 | 0.32 |
Canada [24] | |||||
- 1996 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.76 |
- 2004–2007 | 4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
In Asia | |||||
India 2011–2012 [25] | 17.9 | 1.6 | 14 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
China 2007–2009 [26] | 11.3 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
Japan 2011 [27] | 6.23 | 0.32 | 5.59 | 0.32 | 0.6 |
Turkey 2003–2004 [28] | 35.8 | 13.9 | 19.6 | 2.3 | 3.58 |
Iran 1998–2005 [29] | 25.4 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 1.3 | 2.5 |