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SOME EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN DENMARK
Author(s) -
LAURSEN H. BÆKGAARD
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1980.tb07332.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tetralogy of fallot , coarctation of the aorta , epidemiology , ductus arteriosus , heart disease , pediatrics , pulmonary valve stenosis , stenosis , cardiology , aorta
. Laursen, H. Bakgaard (Departments of Cardiology and Paediatrics, University Hospital, Århus, Denmark). Some epidemiological aspects of congenital heart disease in Denmark. Acta Paediatr Scand, 69:619, 1980.—Information on 5249 children with congenital heart disease (CHD) in the age group 0–15 years was collected from all paediatric and cardiological departments in Denmark and, furthermore, from death certificates. The mean prevalence for CHD in Denmark was 6.1 % during 11 years (1963–73); during the years 1972–73 it was 7.0 %. The mean age at detection was 25.86 months; 36% were diagnosed within the first month of life and 63% within the first year. The sex distribution was; 52%, female, 48%, male. No seasonal variation was found in the months of birth for individual cardiac anomalies. The largest group of CHD was ventricular septal defect, 24.0%, followed by persistent ductus arteriosus, 12.6%; atrial septal defect, 9.2%; coarctation of the aorta, 7.0%; pulmonary stenosis, 6.0%; and tetralogy of Fallot, 5.8%. The cumulated lethality for all 5 249 children was 25% at 1 month, 42% after 5 years, and 48% at the age of 15 years. CHD was found in 135 cases among 5835 siblings (2.3 %).