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What is the prevalence of Anencephaly?
How many people does Anencephaly affect? Does it have the same prevalence in men and women? And in the different countries?
Approximately 1 in every 4,859 babies born in the United States is born with Anencephaly. Anencephaly can be diagnosed as early as 12 weeks and is considered life-limiting. Because of this, many parents may choose to induce their pregnancy early. Depending on their state of residence, these births and defects are not recorded in a state or national census because the induction took place before the baby was 20 weeks of gestation. The 1 out of every 4,859 births reflects babies that were born after 20 weeks of gestation. It is believed that this number is actually much higher and that Anencephaly affects far more families each year than what the numbers portray.
Posted Aug 16, 2017 by Lisa 1685
