From January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, there were an estimated 2,667 live births in the U.S. with brain abnormalities and/or microcephaly potentially related to Zika virus. This statistic shows the number of cases of infants and fetuses with birth defects potentially related to Zika virus in the U.S. from January 2016 to June 2017, by outcome of pregnancy.
Number of cases of infants and fetuses with birth defects potentially related to Zika virus in the U.S. from January 2016 to June 2017, by outcome of pregnancy
22 U.S. jurisdictions included births that occurred in California (selected
counties), Florida (selected southern counties), Georgia (selected
metropolitan Atlanta counties), Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York (excluding New York City
residents), North Carolina (selected regions), Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Texas (Public Health Regions 10, 11), the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia.
* Congenital microcephaly (head circumference <3rd percentile for
gestational age and sex and documentation of microcephaly or a small
head in the medical record), intracranial calcifications, cerebral atrophy,
abnormal cortical gyral patterns (e.g., polymicrogyria, lissencephaly,
pachygyria, schizencephaly, gray matter heterotopia), corpus callosum
abnormalities, cerebellar abnormalities, porencephaly, hydranencephaly,
ventriculomegaly/hydrocephaly (excluding “mild” ventriculomegaly
without other brain abnormalities), fetal brain disruption sequence
(collapsed skull, overlapping sutures, prominent occipital bone, scalp
rugae), and other major brain abnormalities.
** Microphthalmia/anophthalmia, coloboma, cataract, intraocular calcifications,
and chorioretinal anomalies (e.g., atrophy and scarring, gross pigmentary
changes, excluding retinopathy of prematurity); optic nerve atrophy, pallor,
and other optic nerve abnormalities.
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CDC, & MMWR. (January 24, 2020). Number of cases of infants and fetuses with birth defects potentially related to Zika virus in the U.S. from January 2016 to June 2017, by outcome of pregnancy [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097886/zika-virus-birth-defects-us-by-outcome-of-pregnancy/
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CDC, MMWR. (2020). Number of cases of infants and fetuses with birth defects potentially related to Zika virus in the U.S. from January 2016 to June 2017, by outcome of pregnancy . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097886/zika-virus-birth-defects-us-by-outcome-of-pregnancy/
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Number of cases of infants and fetuses with birth defects potentially related to Zika virus in the U.S. from January 2016 to June 2017, by outcome of pregnancy [Graph], CDC, & MMWR, January 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097886/zika-virus-birth-defects-us-by-outcome-of-pregnancy/