title: [Incidence of congenital malformations at birth in a series of maternity patients of Guadeloupe].
abstract: A study of 8,142 live and still-born babies was carried out from July 1979 to February 1983 in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). The total incidence of malformations detected at birth was 1.71% (minor malformations such as polydactyly being very frequent in this population were excluded). Among the malformed children, 25% had multiple malformations and 17% were still-born. Two types of malformations seem to be particularly frequent: those of the central nervous system (3.8%) and of the digestive tract (2.45%). The malformed group differs in birth-weight and size, in still-birth rate and in the incidence of obstetrical history.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000002:abnormalities; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014900:West Indies
vernacular_title: Incidence des malformations congénitales à la naissance dans une maternité guadeloupéenne.