Overview

Birth defects like Spina Bifida occur 7 out of every 10,000 live birth in the United States. Birth certficate data from the National Vital Statistics Systems,  a component of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),  indicate a drop in the rate of Spina Bifida, however, Spina Bifida is unconsidered to be underreported on birth certificates so the drop in the rate could be due to lack of reporting, an actual decrease in occurance.  In addition,  a number of Spina Bifida pregnancies are voluntarily terminated and we cannot certain how many pregnancies are terminated versus to carried to term. 

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