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Critical Congenital Heart Defects: United States, January 6, 2013
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• Currently 6 states, representing approximately 9% of live births in the United States, screen for Critical Congenital Heart Defects. 
• In the United States, screening for the 31 core newborn screening conditions is not universally required by rule or law and fully implemented in any state. 

Footnotes

  • CCHD = Critical Congenital Heart Defects
  • CCHD refers to a group of seven heart defects consisting of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, pulmonary atresia (with intact septum), teratology of Fallot, total anomalous pulmonary venous return, transposition of the great arteries, tricuspid atresia and truncus arteriosus. Babies born with a CCHD are at significant risk of disability or death if not diagnosed soon after birth.

Source

  • National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center.
  • Retrieved May 21, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.