Congenital Conditions Edit

Congenital conditions are variations of body structure or function which are present from birth. A baby\u2019s condition (or conditions) may be due to an underlying genetic variation, or exposure of the mother to factors that disrupt normal development. In many cases, no specific cause is found. Increasingly, conditions can be detected during pregnancy through antenatal screening.\r\n\r\nThe Congenital Conditions and Rare Diseases Registration and Information Service for Scotland (CARDRISS) was set up in 2018 to establish a new national, prospective register of babies with congenital and rare conditions (the CARDRISS register). As an interim measure whilst the register is being established, the CARDRISS team have brought together existing national records to produce a linked dataset on babies with congenital conditions (the Scottish Linked Congenital Condition Dataset, SLiCCD). As the CARDRISS register is not yet up and running, this publication uses SLiCCD to provide current best estimates of the occurrence of major congenital conditions among pregnancies ending in Scotland in 2000 to 2020 inclusive. Live born babies diagnosed before their first birthday; miscarriages and stillbirths from 20 weeks of pregnancy onwards; and terminations of pregnancy at any stage of pregnancy are all counted. We will update and publish these estimates every year until the CARDRISS register can be used as the source of national statistics on conditions.\r\n\r\nThis open data includes 2 tables. Table 1 includes data on the numbers and rates of congenital conditions at Scotland level. Table 2 includes data on rates per congenital condition per health board. The rates are per 10,000 births.\r\n

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• Rates and numbers of Congenital Conditions in Scotland CSV (Details)
• Rates of Congenital Conditions by health board of treatment CSV (Details)

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