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Table 4 Prenatal detection rates, stratified by birth defects groups in Monchegorsk in 2000–2007 (including terminations of pregnancies due to fetal anomaly)

From: Changes in detection of birth defects and perinatal mortality after introduction of prenatal ultrasound screening in the Kola Peninsula (North-West Russia): combination of two birth registries

Group of birth defect

Number of BD

Number of BD diagnosed before birth

Prenatal detection rate, %

Congenital malformations of the nervous system

25

17

68.0

Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck

3

0

0

Congenital malformations of the circulatory system

12

7

58.3

Congenital malformations of the respiratory system

3

0

0

Cleft lip and cleft palate

3

2

66.7

Other congenital malformations of the digestive system

4

0

0

Congenital malformations of genital organs

21

0

0

Congenital malformations of the urinary system

76

32

42.1

Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system

47

5

10.6

Other congenital malformations, excluding multiple

11

9

81.8

Chromosomal abnormalities

4

1

25.0

Multiple congenital malformation, not classified

23

8

34.8

All birth defects

232

81

34.9