Research Article
Major Congenital Malformations in Barbados: The Prevalence, the Pattern, and the Resulting Morbidity and Mortality
Table 3
Congenital malformations at birth by infant and maternal characteristics in Barbados, 1993–2012.
| | Selected demographic characteristics | Major congenital malformations | Total live births | Prevalence per 10,000 |
| | Infants gestational age | | | | | <37 weeks | 89 (24%) | 7213 | 123 (99 to 152) | | 37–40 weeks | 281 (75%) | 56614 | 50 (44 to 56) | | Infants birth weight | | | | | <2500 | 104 (28%) | 6047 | 172 (141 to 209) | | 2500–4000 | 252 (67%) | 54901 | 46 (41 to 52) | | >4000 | 12 (3%) | 2879 | 42 (23 to 75) | | Infants gender | | | | | Female | 153 (42.5%) | 31587 | 48 (41 to 56) | | Male | 207 (57.5%) | 32040 | 65 (57 to 75) | | Maternal age | | | | | 15–24 | 108 (29.2%) | 22932 | 47 (39 to 57) | | 25–34 | 175 (47.3%) | 30576 | 57 (49 to 66) | | 35–44 | 87 (23.5%) | 10192 | 85 (68 to 105) | | Gestational order | | | | | Gravida 1 | 33 (9.8%) | 19982 | 17 (12 to 24) | | Gravida >2 | 304 (90.2%) | 44310 | 69 (62 to 77) | | Plurality of gestation | | | | | Singleton | 371 (98.7%) | 63582 | 58 (52 to 64) | | Multiple gestation | 5 (1.3%) | 710 | 70 (26 to 173) |
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