Incidence of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in Olmsted County, Minnesota: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The rate of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) varies, but most reports estimate the incidence to be less than three per 10,000 births. Our objective was to document the incidence of CDH in a geographically well-defined population using available resources for highly accurate incident case ascertainment.

Methods

We ascertained CDH cases in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States of America, from 1981 through 2014 using resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project. Overall and sex-specific incidence rates were calculated, and hospital survival was assessed.

Results

A total of 26 incident CDH cases were identified; the overall incidence of 3.6 (95% CI, 2.2-5.0) per 10,000 did not differ significantly over the 34-year study period (p = .28). The estimate

SUBMITTER: Woodbury JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5924727 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature