Infant mortality rates attributable to congenital anomalies, by five year period, in 36 countries, 1950–1994 (source: World Health Organisation). Rates per 10 000
| Country | 1950–54 IMR2-150 (%)2-151 | 1955–59 IMR (%) | 1960–64 IMR (%) | 1965–69 IMR (%) | 1970–74 IMR (%) | 1975–79 IMR (%) | 1980–84 IMR (%) | 1985–89 IMR (%) | 1990–94 IMR (%) |
| North America | |||||||||
| Canada | 52.1 (14) | 48.2 (16) | 45.0 (17) | 41.5 (19) | 36.6 (22) | 30.9 (25) | 27.7 (30) | 23.5 (31) | 19.6 (31) |
| United States | 39.0 (14) | 37.3 (14) | 35.8 (14) | 33.2 (15) | 29.0 (16) | 25.9 (18) | 24.4 (21) | 21.3 (21) | 18.7 (21) |
| Central-South America | |||||||||
| Argentina | 30.2 (6) | 34.1 (6) | 35.4 (9) | 34.6 (11) | 36.0 (14) | 36.8 (15) | |||
| Chile | 20.3 (2) | 20.7 (2) | 29.7 (3) | 35.2 (5) | 40.2 (9) | 37.9 (15) | 37.3 (20) | 37.3 (25) | |
| Cuba | 35.9 (9) | 39.5 (9) | 39.0 (12) | 39.8 (17) | 36.0 (21) | 31.1 (24) | 26.0 (24) | ||
| Mexico | 18.2 (2) | 17.1 (2) | 15.7 (2) | 15.1 (3) | 20.7 (4) | 24.9 (6) | 21.9 (9) | 24.9 (12) | |
| Uruguay | 27.3 (6) | 26.8 (6) | 31.3 (6) | 32.8 (8) | 37.3 (8) | 40.4 (13) | 37.5 (15) | 36.3 (18) | |
| Venezuela | 15.2 (2) | 17.9 (4) | 20.2 (4) | 25.0 (5) | 24.9 (7) | 24.6 (8) | 26.2 (11) | ||
| Western Europe | |||||||||
| Ireland | 59.2 (14) | 66.6 (19) | 71.2 (25) | 60.1 (26) | 50.4 (28) | 48.0 (32) | 34.4 (33) | 27.2 (32) | 29.1 (39) |
| United Kingdom | 45.8 (16) | 47.5 (20) | 45.4 (21) | 39.6 (21) | 39.4 (22) | 35.8 (25) | 29.4 (27) | 20.6 (23) | 14.4 (21) |
| Norway | 32.9 (14) | 33.9 (17) | 33.8 (19) | 29.5 (20) | 27.1 (23) | 28.6 (30) | 25.1 (31) | 23.3 (28) | 17.4 (29) |
| Sweden | 35.3 (18) | 33.9 (20) | 32.9 (21) | 30.6 (24) | 30.4 (29) | 28.5 (36) | 24.9 (36) | 21.6 (36) | 19.2 (35) |
| Finland | 38.2 (12) | 44.6 (17) | 38.1 (20) | 30.9 (20) | 30.3 (26) | 26.7 (31) | 26.1 (40) | 22.4 (37) | 18.2 (36) |
| Denmark | 45.2 (16) | 43.1 (18) | 42.8 (21) | 35.9 (22) | 33.8 (27) | 28.7 (31) | 25.5 (32) | 25.2 (32) | 21.9 (34) |
| West Germany | 49.3 (11) | 49.6 (13) | 46.5 (16) | 40.3 (17) | 41.4 (18) | 36.0 (22) | 28.9 (26) | 21.4 (26) | 19.0 (27) |
| Netherlands | 49.5 (21) | 46.3 (26) | 41.8 (27) | 36.2 (26) | 31.9 (27) | 29.1 (30) | 27.2 (32) | 24.8 (34) | 23.0 (36) |
| Belgium | 41.6 (10) | 50.0 (14) | 47.2 (17) | 47.4 (21) | 42.3 (22) | 35.1 (25) | 29.6 (27) | 24.4 (26) | 21.4 (26) |
| France | 32.7 (8) | 36.7 (13) | 36.5 (17) | 33.9 (20) | 28.3 (21) | 24.0 (21) | 20.7 (22) | 16.4 (21) | 13.7 (20) |
| Austria | 44.5 (10) | 44.6 (14) | 43.9 (16) | 39.2 (16) | 38.5 (23) | 34.2 (27) | 26.0 (27) | 21.6 (31) | |
| Switzerland | 45.2 (16) | 42.4 (18) | 41.8 (20) | 36.5 (22) | 34.8 (26) | 31.6 (33) | 28.5 (36) | 24.0 (34) | 21.4 (35) |
| Italy | 40.1 (7) | 37.4 (8) | 36.0 (9) | 34.7 (10) | 34.8 (13) | 32.5 (18) | 29.9 (23) | 23.7 (25) | 20.5 (25) |
| Greece | 32.8 (8) | 39.9 (12) | 43.0 (16) | 45.6 (22) | 46.5 (30) | 36.7 (31) | 41.4 (47) | ||
| Portugal | 22.4 (3) | 24.4 (3) | 26.9 (4) | 32.8 (7) | 38.7 (12) | 36.5 (18) | 31.7 (22) | 26.5 (28) | |
| Spain | 17.6 (3) | 16.0 (4) | 18.2 (5) | 20.2 (8) | 24.6 (16) | 37.3 (23) | 30.7 (27) | 24.4 (28) | 22.7 (32) |
| Israel | 48.4 (26) | 33.1 (24) | 30.6 (28) | 24.6 (28) | |||||
| Eastern Europe | |||||||||
| Former Yugoslavia | 16.1 (2) | 20.5 (3) | 24.4 (5) | 24.7 (7) | 28.3 (9) | 27.6 (11) | 27.6 (14) | ||
| Bulgaria | 25.1 (8) | 24.9 (8) | 29.6 (11) | 30.9 (14) | 35.4 (20) | 36.5 (25) | 43.1 (27) | ||
| Former Czechoslovakia | 41.5 (10) | 42.6 (14) | 43.3 (19) | 44.2 (19) | 39.8 (19) | 39.7 (20) | 41.4 (25) | 33.9 (27) | 29.1 (26) |
| East Germany | 30.4 (19) | 30.6 (22) | 24.1 (21) | 21.3 (25) | 19.6 (27) | ||||
| Hungary | 63.7 (11) | 63.9 (14) | 62.9 (17) | 55.4 (16) | 53.1 (20) | 45.4 (22) | 38.8 (22) | 31.3 (24) | |
| Poland | 45.8 (6) | 46.2 (9) | 45.5 (12) | 48.7 (18) | 49.3 (21) | 48.7 (24) | 46.1 (27) | 41.0 (28) | |
| Romania | 35.5 (5) | 33.2 (5) | 33.6 (7) | 33.5 (8) | 37.3 (12) | 42.9 (16) | 50.4 (19) | 38.9 (16) | |
| Russian Federation | 33.1 (16) | 37.9 (20) | 39.5 (21) | ||||||
| South Pacific and Japan | |||||||||
| Japan | 21.8 (4) | 19.7 (5) | 19.8 (8) | 20.8 (13) | 21.4 (18) | 21.3 (24) | 18.6 (28) | 16.7 (33) | 15.9 (36) |
| New Zealand | 39.9 (15) | 38.6 (16) | 37.8 (18) | 36.4 (20) | 34.5 (21) | 33.9 (24) | 29.0 (24) | 26.0 (24) | 21.4 (27) |
| Australia | 37.9 (16) | 39.0 (18) | 37.9 (19) | 33.1 (18) | 34.6 (20) | 33.0 (26) | 29.1 (29) | 23.6 (27) | 18.3 (27) |
| Total | |||||||||
| attributable to congenital anomalies | 36.1 (9) | 35.1 (9) | 33.0 (9) | 30.8 (9) | 29.4 (10) | 29.6 (11) | 28.4 (17) | 26.4 (18) | 24.0 (20) |
| attributable to any cause | 398.5 | 401.3 | 379.4 | 331.0 | 285.6 | 265.1 | 166.5 | 148.1 | 121.1 |