title: [A five years surveillance on neural system birth defects in rural areas of China].
abstract: A total number of 167,274 births were observed on birth defects in rural areas 1968-1990 in China. The results showed that there were 361 cases of neural system defects, accounting for 31.45% in all birth defects. The incidence of neural system defects was 2.19% with hydrocephalus, anencephalus and spinal bifida 0.89%, 0.87%, 0.36% respectively. The distribution of neural system birth defects showed that incidence in northern part of the country was higher than that of in the south while in winter--spring was higher than in summer--autumn. Results of unconditional logistic regression analysis demonstrated that risk factors were related to neural system defects as maternal education level, parity, delivery mode and lower birth weight.
authors: Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Medical University.
authors: Y H
authors: YH
authors: Hu
authors: L M
authors: LM
authors: Li
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000757:Anencephaly / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012423:Rural Health; D016137:Spina Bifida Cystica / Q000453:epidemiology*