Clinical-epidemiological behavior of congenital defects in Guantanamo province

Abstract

A study was conducted in the province of Guantanamo from January 2008 to December 2012, with the aim of characterizing some clinical and epidemiological variables of birth defects in newborns. The data are obtained from the Cuban Registry of Congenital Malformations (RECUMAC) based on hospital, as well as from the survey forms for therapeutic interruptions of gestation. The target population consists of 274 live births, with at least one congenital defect before hospital discharge, and 370 cases interrupted by the prenatal diagnosis program. The prevalence of birth defects is 73.53 per 10 000 births. The most frequent congenital defects in interrupted fetuses were malformations, followed by renal, cardiovascular, and other central nervous system. The 370 cases interrupted accounted for 57% of the malformation.