Prevalence of selected birth defects by maternal nativity status, United States, 1999-2007.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated differences in prevalence of major birth defects by maternal nativity within racial/ethnic groups for 27 major birth defects.

Methods

Data from 11 population-based birth defects surveillance systems in the United States including almost 13 million live births (approximately a third of U.S. births) during 1999-2007 were pooled. We calculated prevalence estimates for each birth defect for five racial/ethnic groups. Using Poisson regression, crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) were also calculated using births to US-born mothers as the referent group in each racial/ethnic group.

Results

Approximately 20% of case mothers and 26% of all mothers were foreign-born. Elevated aPRs for infants with foreign-born mothers were found for spina bif

SUBMITTER: Kirby RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7222225 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature