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Table 1 Congenital Malformations Surveillance Data from One of Basra's Three Main Maternal and Children's Hospitals, Iraq 1990 – 2001 [43, 44] (Number and Rate of All Malformations Combined)

From: Teratogenicity of depleted uranium aerosols: A review from an epidemiological perspective

Year

No. of Births

No. of congenital malformations

Congenital malformation

   

incidence rate/1000 births

1990

12,161

37

3.04

1991

9,845

28

2.84

1992

11,800

23

1.95

1993

12,416

28

1.31

1994

12,250

36

2.93

1995

10,576

46

4.35

1996

10,470

48

4.56

1997

13,653

32

2.34

1998

10,186

79

7.76

1999

13,905

136

9.78

2000

12,560

221

17.6

2001

11,445

254

22.19