Table 3

International comparison of infant mortality attributable to congenital anomalies, overall and for selected anomalies, 1990–1994 (source: World Health Organisation)

Country		Years		Spina bifida				Cardiac defects				Other defects				Total
Country		Years		Number of deaths	Mortality per 10 000			Percentage of total	Number of deaths			Mortality per 10 000	Percentage of total			Number of deaths	Mortality per 10 000	Percentage of total	Number of deaths	Mortality per 10 000
North America
Canada	90–94	211	1.1	5		1494	7.5	38		2179	11.0	56		3884	19.61
United States	90–93	934	0.6	3		11398	7.0	37		18170	11.1	60		30502	18.67
Central-South America
Mexico	90–93	3989	3.6	14		9317	8.4	34		14263	12.9	52		27569	24.87
Cuba	90	24	1.3	5		270	14.5	56		191	10.2	39		485	25.98
Chile	90,92	208	3.5	9		750	12.5	33		1285	21.4	57		2243	37.30
Uruguay	90	19	3.4	9		68	12.0	33		118	20.9	58		205	36.27
Argentina	90–91	336	2.4	7		2185	15.7	43		2615	18.7	51		5136	36.83
Western Europe
Ireland	90–92	47	3.0	10		143	9.1	31		268	17.0	59		458	29.12
United Kingdom	90–94	244	0.6	4		2473	6.4	44		2877	7.4	51		5594	14.40
Norway	90–93	22	0.9	5		188	7.8	45		210	8.7	50		420	17.39
Sweden	90–93	24	0.5	3		383	7.8	41		532	10.9	57		939	19.23
Finland	90–94					252	7.7	42		346	10.5	58		598	18.23
Denmark	90–93	27	1.0	5		248	9.4	43		300	11.4	52		575	21.86
West Germany	90	84	1.2	6		590	8.1	43		709	9.7	51		1383	19.02
Netherlands	90–94	218	2.2	10		762	7.7	34		1281	13.0	57		2261	22.96
Belgium	90–91	35	1.4	7		216	8.7	40		283	11.3	53		534	21.39
France	90–94	275	0.7	5		2745	7.4	54		2020	5.5	40		5040	13.67
Austria	90–95	85	1.5	7		513	9.2	43		605	10.9	50		1203	21.61
Switzerland	90–94	19	0.4	2		337	8.0	37		551	13.0	61		907	21.40
Italy	90–92	178	1.0	5		1494	8.8	43		1815	10.6	52		3487	20.45
Greece	90–94	115	2.2	5		1200	23.3	56		816	15.9	38		2131	41.42
Portugal	90–94	96	1.7	6		583	10.2	38		837	14.7	55		1516	26.54
Spain	90–93	185	1.2	5		1468	9.3	41		1936	12.3	54		3589	22.72
Israel	90–94	115	2.1	9		539	9.9	40		687	12.6	51		1341	24.56
Yugoslavia, Former	90					428	12.8	46		496	14.8	54		924	27.57
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria						740	16.3	38		1216	26.8	62		1956	43.08
Czechoslovakia, Former	90–91	103	2.5	8		545	13.0	45		568	13.6	47		1216	29.05
East Germany	90	23	1.3	7		187	10.5	54		139	7.8	40		349	19.55
Hungary	90–95	187	2.6	8		1010	14.0	45		1053	14.6	47		2250	31.28
Poland	90–95	2478	8.1	20		5228	17.1	42		4834	15.8	39		12540	40.97
Rumania	90–93	635	5.8	15		1837	16.7	43		1806	16.4	42		4278	38.88
Russian Federation	90–94	3111	3.8	10		13239	16.2	41		15857	19.4	49		32207	39.48
Oceania and Japan
Japan	90–94	183	0.3	2		5089	8.4	53		4411	7.3	46		9683	15.92
New Zealand	90–93	38	1.6	7		181	7.6	35		291	12.2	57		510	21.40
Australia	90–94	155	1.2	7		740	5.7	31		1455	11.3	62		2350	18.26