Emerging trends and cross-country health inequalities in congenital birth defects: insights from the GBD 2021 study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies predominantly focused on single types of congenital birth defects (CBDs) or specific national prevalence. This study adopts a holistic perspective to assess current trends and health inequalities in birth incidence rate of various types of CBDs, providing novel insights to inform public health policy formulation.

Methods

Global, socio-demographic index (SDI) regional, and country-specific estimates incidence cases and rate at birth of CBDs from 1990 to 2021 were derived from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021. Joinpoint analysis and autoregressive integrated moving average predictive models were employed to evaluate temporal trends in the birth incidence rate of CBDs for the period 2022-2031. Additionally, analysis of associations and health

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11844150 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature