Birth defects among low birth weight infants--metropolitan Atlanta, 1978-1988.
Approximately 3%-4% of newborn infants have a major birth defect diagnosed during their first year of life. Because many infants with birth defects are born prematurely and/or have intrauterine growth retardation, the rate of birth defects is expected to vary by birth weight. This report summarizes a population-based study of the relation between birth defect rates and the birth weight of infants born in metropolitan Atlanta from 1978 through 1988.
D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn