Geographical and Socioeconomic Factors Influence the Birth Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease : A Population-based Cross-sectional Study in Eastern China

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Neonatal congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly. As a practical matter of people's livelihood, cardiac ultrasonography was performed on potential CHD children in 11 cities eastern China. In this study, we aimed to document the birth prevalence of CHD and its socioeconomic and geographical distribution, as supported by this public health policy. In this study, the diagnosis of CHD was made based on echocardiography. Geographical and socioeconomic factors were determined by the Statistical Bulletin on National Economic and Social Development (SBNESD). 51857 newborns from the Network Platform for Congenital Heart Disease (NPCHD) from January to December 2019 in 11 cities eastern China were included. The total birth prevalence of CHD was 5.79 per 1000 births. The study on the low-income areas, mountainous areas, areas with low medical institution bed level, and with high qualification of medical personnel reported a signifcantly higher birth prevalence of CHD compared with high-income cities, flat areas, areas with high medical institution bed level, and with low qualification of medical personnel. ASD, VSD, PDA, PS, TOF, atrioventricular septal defect, coarctation of the aorta, TAPVD, TGA and pulmonary atresia are the most frequent subtypes. ASD, VSD, PDA, PS, atrioventricular septal defect, coarctation of the aorta and pulmonary atresia showed a female preponderance, while TOF, TGA and TAPVD showed a male preponderance. Our study gives a relatively realistic prevalence of CHD after cardiac ultrasound examination of newborns suspected positive with CHD. Significant differences across geographical regions, income levels, and health service access were observed. In the future, population-wide cardiac ultrasound screening, prospective birth defect registries, and systematic medical follow-up programs covering the entire eastern or even China are needed to determine the exact birth prevalence.

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2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

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Current problems in cardiology - 47(2022), 11 vom: 09. Nov., Seite 101341

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Englisch

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Pan, Feixia [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jiabin [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Hongliang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Yueqin [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Lulu [VerfasserIn]
An, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Junqiu [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Linghua [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Yongliang [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chengyin [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jiajia [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Jihua [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Weize [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 26.09.2022

Date Revised 26.09.2022

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10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101341

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