Table 2 Redacted Presentation of Congenital Malformations Surveillance Data: All Births at One of Basra's Three Main Maternal and Children's Hospitals, Iraq 1990 – 2000 (Malformation Categories Exactly as Given by Basra Clinicians) [43, 44]

Total number of births

12,161

46,311

44,885

26,465

Class of malformation (Rate per 1000 births (No.))

All malformations combined

3.04 (37)

2.48 (115)

4.57 (205)

13.49 (357)

Cardiovascular

Congenital heart diseases

.16 (2)

.39 (18)

.96 (43)

1.36 (36)

Central Nervous System

Anencephaly

.25 (3)

.30 (14)

.36 (16)

1.74 (46)

Hydrocephalus

see text

see text

see text

1.47 (39)

Meningomyelocele

.70 (9)

.43 (20)

.94 (42)

1.13 (30)

Musculoskeletal

Achondroplasia

.25 (3)

.06 (3)

.20 (9)

-- (4)

Arthrogryposis

0

0

0

-- (1)

Phocomelia

0

--(1)

.11 (5)

1.21 (32)

Multiple Congenital Malformations

Multiple Congenital Malformations

.58 (7)

.65 (30)

1.09 (49)

4.23 (112)

Orofacial

Cleft lip & palate

-- (1)

.15 (7)

.20 (9)

.79 (21)

Congenital

Chromosomal aberrations

.16 (2)

.13 (6)

.33 (15)

.30 (8)

Gastrointestinal

Oesophageal atresia

-- (1)

-- (3)

-- (3)

.42 (11)

Omphalocele

-- (2)

.11 (5)

.11 (5)

0

Imperforate anus

-- (1)

-- (1)

0

.19 (5)

Diaphragmatic hernia

-- (4)

-- (1)

-- (2)

-- (3)

Genitourinary

Bladder extrophy

-- (2)

-- (1)

-- (2)

-- (1)

Other

Cyclopia

0

0

0

-- (2)

Icthyosis

0

.11 (5)

.11 (5)

.23 (6)