Cause of death (ICD-10th code)     Number of deathsIMR1 Odds ratio [95% CI]
Singletons Twins Singletons Twins  
Q00-Q07 CMs of the nervous system 714 (4.1%)  151 (15.1%) 0.45 4.82 10.63 [8.92-12.67]*
Q00.0  Anencephaly 109 112 0.07 3.58 51.64 [39.67-67.22]*
Q04.2Holoprosencephaly 200 18 0.13 0.57 4.52 [2.79-7.32]*
Q10-Q18 CMs of eye, ear, face and neck 3 1 0 0.03 -
Q20-Q28 CMs of the circulatory system 8289 (47.6%)  451 (45.1%) 5.27 14.41 2.74 [2.49-3.01]*
Q20.1Double outlet right ventricle 401 12 0.26 0.38 1.5 [0.85-2.67]
Q20.3  Discordantventriculoarterial connection 523 23 0.73 0.33 2.21 [1.46-3.34]*
Q20.4  Double inlet ventricle 435 11 0.28 0.35 1.27 [0.70- 2.31]
Q21.0  Ventricularseptal defect 662 25 0.42 0.8 1.90 [1.27-2.83]*
Q21.2  Atrioventricularseptal defect 636 11 0.4 0.35 0.87 [0.48 1.58]
Q23.4 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 1086 29 0.69 0.93 1.34 [0.93-1.94]
Q24.9  CM of heart, unspecified 599 23 0.38 0.73 1.93 [1.27-2.93]*
Q25.0  Patentductusarteriosus 542 147 0.34 4.7 13.68 [11.36-16.36]*
Q25.1 Coarctation of aorta 469 23 0.3 0.73 2.46 [1.62-3.74]*
Q25.5  Atresia of pulmonary artery 309 28 0.2 0.89 4.55 [3.09-6.73]*
Q26.2  Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection 576 10 0.37 0.32 0.87 [0.47-4.24]
Q30-Q34    CMs of the respiratory system 1947 129 1.24 4.12 3.33 [2.79- 3.98]*
Q33.6      Hypoplasia and dysplasia of lung 1567 109 1 3.48 3.50 [2.88-4.24]*
Q35-Q37    Cleft lip and cleft palate 15 2 0.01 0.06 -
Q38-Q45    Other CMs of the digestive system 526 39 0.33 1.25 3.73 [2.69-5.16]*
Q50-Q56    CMs of genital organs 3 2 0 0.06 -
Q60-Q64    CMs of the urinary system 574 45 0.36 1.44 3.94 [2.91- 5.34]*
Q60.6  Potter’s syndrome 431 23 0.27 0.73 2.68 [1.76-4.08]*
Q65-Q79  CMs anddeformations of themusculoskeletal system 1150 45 0.73 1.44 1.97 [1.46 -2.65]*
Q79.0  Congenital diaphragmatic hernia  644 16 0.41 0.51 1.25 [0.76-2.05]
Q80-Q89    Other CMs 969 80 0.62 2.56 4.15 [3.30-5.21]*
Q89.4  Conjoined twins - 20 - 0.64 -
Q90-Q99    Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified    3241 (18.6%) 56 (5.6%) 2.06 1.79 0.87 [0.67-1.13]
Q91.3Edwards syndrome, unspecified 2076 29 1.32 0.93   0.70 [0.49 1.01]
Q91.7Patau syndrome 455 11 0.29 0.35   1.21 [0.67-2.21]
Q00-Q99CMs, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities  17431 (70.2%) 1001 (65.7%) 11.08 31.98   2.89 [2.71-3.08]*
Note: 1 per 10000 live births (n=313,045 for twins and n=15,727,022 for singleton); CI: Confidence interval; *Significant at the 5% level; , CMs: Congenital malformations
Table 1: Number of Infant Deaths due to 11 Categories of All CMs and 19Specific Cause of Deaths and Infant MortalityRatein Singletons and Twins, 1995-2008.
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