title: [Prevalence of birth defects in Risaralda, 2010-2013].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The data regarding birth defects at local levels in developing countries like Colombia are scarce.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the profile of congenital abnormalities in the province of Risaralda, Colombia.
  
  
  METHODS
  We included the information on infants with structural and functional abnormalities at birth between June, 2010, and December, 2013, from records of the Instituto Nacional de Salud, and compared it with those of children born in the same period in a local clinic participating in the Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations. We analyzed the data using Stata 10®.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found a prevalence of nine defects per 1,000 newborns from the total live births in Risaralda. The local clinic registered in the Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations registered a prevalence of 34 defects per 1,000 births. Most frequent defects were heart defects, followed by cleft lip and palate, abdominal wall defects, skeletal dysplasia, hydrocephalus, polydactyly and Down syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Having a baseline on the prevalence of congenital defects in Risaralda is very useful in the design of prevention policies oriented to decrease congenital defects incidence and severity. Inclusion of maternity hospitals in the Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations strengthens national recording and reporting of birth defects.
authors.affiliation: Grupo Salud Comfamiliar, Clínica Comfamiliar, Pereira, Colombia Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas, ECLAMC, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. gporras@comfamiliar.com.
authors.forename: Gloria Liliana
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Porras-Hurtado
authors.forename: Olga Mercedes
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: León-Castañeda
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Molano-Hurtado
authors.forename: Sandra Lorena
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Quiceno
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pachajoa
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Montoya
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D050498:Live Birth; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Colombia.; Congenital abnormalities; disease notification; heart defects, congenital; prevalence