Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1997

TABLE N34. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF NEWBORN REPORTED ON CERTIFICATES OF RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS, BY RACE OF MOTHER NEW JERSEY, 1997
CONGENITAL ANOMALY	TOTAL		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER		NOT STATED
CONGENITAL ANOMALY	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER
NONE	103,415	912.5	75,760	936.2	18,945	919.9	8,464	943.2	246
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANOMALY	89	0.8	56	0.7	24	1.2	8	0.9	1
HEART MALFORMATION	146	1.3	107	1.3	24	1.2	14	1.6	1
OTHER CIRCULATORY/RESPIRATORY ANOMALY	141	1.2	103	1.3	26	1.3	12	1.3	0
GASTROINTESTINAL ANOMALY	93	0.8	64	0.8	21	1.0	8	0.9	0
UROGENITAL ANOMALY	309	2.7	249	3.1	41	2.0	18	2.0	1
CLEFT LIP/PALATE	89	0.8	60	0.7	16	0.8	12	1.3	1
POLYDACTYLY/SYNDACTYLY/ADACTYLY	150	1.3	69	0.9	73	3.5	7	0.8	1
CLUB FOOT	77	0.7	55	0.7	15	0.7	6	0.7	1
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL/INTEGUMENTAL ANOMALY	214	1.9	145	1.8	47	2.3	22	2.5	0
DOWN SYNDROME	41	0.4	33	0.4	7	0.3	1	0.1	0
OTHER CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALY	50	0.4	37	0.5	8	0.4	4	0.4	1
OTHER	996	8.8	675	8.3	233	11.3	83	9.2	5
* Rates are computed per 1,000 live births in the specific racial category.

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