Birth Defects Data Tables and Directory, Jan. 2024

The first Congenital Malformations Surveillance Report was published by the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) in 1997. The NBDPN then began publishing state-specific counts and prevalence of birth defects and a directory of state-based birth defects surveillance programs on an annual basis in 2000. This information was first published in the journal Birth Defects Research Part A and later in the journal Birth Defects Research. Beginning in 2022, these reports have been published on a biennial basis on the NBDPN website (nbdpn.org).

Available PDFs:

Individual State PDFs (Data Tables, Directory, or Combined)

StateYear StartedPopulation Covered AnnuallySurveillance MethodPDFs

AL

Anticipated 2023

58,000

Passive case-finding without chart abstraction for case validation

Directory

AK

1996

9,500

Passive case-finding with limited case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

AZ

1986

87,000

Active Case Finding, Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

AR

1980

36,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

CA

1983

130,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

CDC/MACDP

1967

35,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

CO

1988

63,455 (2018)

Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

CT

2002

37,000

Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory

DE

2010

11,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

DOD

1998

Approximately 100,000 per year

See Directory for details

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

DC

 

 

 

Directory

FL

1998

210,581 in 2020

See Directory for details

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

GA

2018

126,001 live births in 2022

See Directory for details

Directory

HI

1988

19,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

ID

 

 

 

Directory

IL

1986

145,000

Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

IN

2002

83,000

See Directory for details

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

IA

1983

37,781 average live births per year (2016-2020)

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

KS

1985

34,697

Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

KY

1998

56,000

Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

LA

2005

58,000

Active Case Finding, Combination of active and passive case ascertainment, population based

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

ME

1999

12,000

Passive case ascertainment with active case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

MD

1983

75,000

Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

MA

1997

69,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

MI

1992

110,000

Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

MN

2005

70,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

MS

2000

38,000

Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory

MO

1985

70,000

Passive case-finding without case confirmation, Population-based

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity
Data by Age

MT

1999

12,000

 

Directory

NE

1972

26,000

Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory

NV

2000

35,166

Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

NH

2018

12,500

Active Case Finding, Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity
Data by Age

NJ

1928

~100,000

See Directory for details

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

NM

1995

21,000

Passive case-finding with case confirmation for selected defects

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

NY

1982

~228,000

Combination of active and passive case ascertainment; population-based

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

NC

1987

120,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/Ethnicity

Data by Age

ND

2002

9,557

Passive case-finding without confirmation

Directory

OH

2006

129,000

Passive case-finding with case confirmation, Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory

OK

1992

50,800 (ave 1994-2020)

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

OR

2013

42,000

Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity
Data by Age

PA

2017

130,730

Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory

PR

1995

20,000

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity
Data by Age

RI

2000

10,800

Combination of active and passive case ascertainment

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

SC

GGC began monitoring in 1992; transitioned to SC DHEC and expanded in 2006

56,668

Active Case Finding

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

SD

 

 

 

Directory

TN

2000

80,326

Passive case-finding with case confirmation, Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

TX

1994

377,710 in 2019

Active Case Finding, Population-based, includes entire state

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

UT

1994

47,766 (2016-2020 for resident births)

Combination of active and passive case ascertainment; population-based

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

VT

2006

6,000

Passive case-finding with case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

VA

1985

95,647

Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

WA

1986 (active), 1991 (passive)

85,000 (estimated)

Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity
Data by Age

WV

1989

18,000

Passive case-finding without case confirmation

Directory
Data by Race/ Ethnicity

Data by Age

WI

2004

64,000 (average)

See Directory for details

Directory

WY

 

 

 

Directory