Congenital anomalies in Filipinos

1. Statistical review of the incidence of congenital malformations is presented2. The incidence of malformation is 257 cases out of the 46,025 babies delivered at the Maternity and Childrens Hospital covering a period of 2 years 1962-1963, a rate of 0.56. This rate is comparable to rates reported by foreign authors3. Incidence is equal in male and female babies but multiparity was found to be a distinct contributory factor to a malformation, accounting for 72.3 of cases observed4. Anomalies of the G-I tract were found to be most frequent, followed by musculo-skeletal, central nervous system, multiple deformities and cardio-vascular5. First as a cause of perinatal mortality were anomalies of the central nervous system.(Summary)