Sentences with phrase «birth defects account»

from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), birth defects account for about 20 percent of all infant deaths.

According to a fact sheet from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), birth defects account for about 20 percent of all infant deaths.

They all lead to the conclusion that birth defects account for more than $ 2.5 billion in hospital costs.

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According to the CDC, 23,000 infants died in 2014, 1 % (or 24,000 babies) die from stillbirth each year, while birth defects and congenital anomalies account for 121 deaths out of every 100,000.

He was inspired to pursue Zika research after a meeting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in June 2015, where Brazilian scientists described accounts of a rise in birth defects related to a local Zika outbreak.

BETHESDA, MD — Balanced chromosomal abnormalities (BCAs), a category of structural changes to the human genome, may account for a large portion of birth defects related to brain development and function, according to research presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2015 Annual Meeting in Baltimore.

The researchers also accounted for risk factors that could increase the odds of a birth defect.

We now know that birth defects in the T - cell immune system of your dog or puppy account for its increased susceptibility to demodectic mange.

The CDC also reports that birth defects are the leading cause of infant deaths, and account for ⅕ of all infant deaths.