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Table 8 Prevalence of polydactyly and syndactyly in different countries and regions

From: Epidemiology of congenital polydactyly and syndactyly in Hunan Province, China

Country

Regions

Title

Data source

Year

Polydactyly prevalence

Syndactyly prevalence

United States

New York State

The Prevalence of Congenital Hand and Upper Extremity Anomalies Based Upon the New York Congenital Malformations Registry

New York Congenital Malformations Registry database

1992–2010

2.34‰

0.13‰

United States

New York State

Epidemiology of syndactyly in New York State

New York State Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System

1997–2014

 

0.74‰

Europe

 

Trends in congenital anomalies in Europe from 1980 to 2012

61 congenital anomaly subgroups (excluding chromosomal) in 25 population-based EUROCAT registries

1980–2012

 

0.486‰

Korea

 

Epidemiology of congenital upper limb anomalies in Korea: A nationwide population-based study

Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service of Korea

2007–2016

1.157‰

0.309‰

Israel

 

Polydactyly in the multiethnic ‘Negev’ population at southern Israel

A retrospective analysis of 189 polydactyly patients

2014

0.5‰

 

Thailand

In 3 provinces

Prevalence of congenital limb defects: Data from birth defects registries in three provinces in Southern Thailand

Population-based birth defects registries

2009–2013

0.32‰

0.21‰

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Birth prevalence of congenital anomalies in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to socioeconomic level

In hospitals of the City of Buenos Aires

2010–2016

0.69‰

 

China

 

Epidemiological analysis of polydactylies in Chinese perinatals

Hospital-based surveillance within Chinese Birth Defects Monitoring Network

1996–2000

0.945‰

 

China

 

Epidemiological analysis of syndactyly in Chinese perinatals

Hospital-based surveillance within Chinese Birth Defects Monitoring Network

1987–2001

 

0.31‰

China

Tongzhou District in Beijing City

Prevalence of birth defects in the Tongzhou District of Beijing between 2006 and 2012

Hospital-based birth defects surveillance

2006–2012

1.73‰

0.73‰

China

Guilin

Birth defects data from hospital-based birth defect surveillance in Guilin, China, 2018–2020

Hospital-based birth defects surveillance

2018–2020

3.24‰

1.14‰

China

In a District of Southern Jiangsu

Birth Defects Data From Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance System in a District of Southern Jiangsu, China, 2014–2018

Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance

2014–2018

1.961‰

0.642‰