Annual Estimated number of Children born with Clubfoot

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1999 World Wide Estimated Statistical Incidence of Congenital

Clubfoot. I put this together in 1999 and thought that some might

be interested in it.

Estimated Annual number of children born with Clubfoot in each

country per year using a 1 in 1,000 births rate of occurance and

adjusting for higher rates of occurance in Polynesia.

United States 3,700

Canada 347

North America - Total 4,047

Russian Federation 1,327

Germany 739

France 763

United Kingdom 704

Italy 516

Ukraine 407

Spain 396

Poland 386

Romania 224

Netherlands 204

Greece 106

Yugoslavia 127

Czech 92

Belgium 112

Hungary 101

Portugal 118

Sweden 89

Austria 81

Bulgaria 72

Switzerland 80

Denmark 69

Finland 62

Norway 57

Lithuania 32

Latvia 21

Eastonia 13

Rest of Countries 395

Europe - Total 7,293

Australia 241

Papua New Guinea 437

New Zealand 41

Maori in N.Z. 63

Other Poly in N.Z. 25

Fiji 49

Somoa 31

Tonga 15

American Samoa 14

Solomon Islands 88

Tahiti French Poly 29

Vanatua 43

Guam 27

New Caledonia 28

Rest of Countries 60

Australia / South Pacific - Total 1,190

Brazil 3,060

Mexico 2,300

Columbia 914

Argentina 665

Peru 595

Venezuela 581

Chile 249

Guatemala 410

Equador 316

Cuba 157

Dominican Rep 218

Haiti 269

Rest of Caribean 168

Bolivia 267

Honduras 212

El Salvador 188

Nicaragua 177

Paraguay 176

Uraguay 53

Costa Rica 89

Panama 78

Rest of Countries 34

Central & South America - Total 11,176

China 18,835

India 25,538

Indonesia 4,746

Pakistan 5,778

Japan 568

Bangladesh 3,494

Viet Nam 1,551

Philippines 2,115

Iran 1,184

Turkey 1,419

Thailand 844

S. Korea 654

Iraq 873

N. Korea 468

Tiawan 315

Israel 132

Rest of Countries 6,146

Asia - Total 74,661

Nigeria 4,452

Egypt 1,642

Ethiopia 2,665

Rep of Congo 2,261

S Africa 984

Sudan 1,057

Algeria 722

Morocco 777

Kenya 986

Ghana 555

Uganda 1,059

Tanzania 1,342

Zambia 387

Malawi 340

Zimbabwe 331

Rest of Countries 7,813

Africa - Total 27,374

Total World Estimated per year 125,742

United Nations - Population Division -

http://www.popin.org/pop1998/5.htm

United Nations - Population Division -

http://www.popin.org/pop1998/2.htm

US Census Bureau - World Vital Events - http:/www.census.gov/cgi-

bin/ipc/pcwe

Incidence in US estimated at 1 in 1,000

Rates of Incidence guessed at based on Dr. Ponseti's books general

rates of incidence

Birth Rates in boxes are actual rates per 1000 from Population

Reference Bureau for 2000

http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Other_reports/2000-

2002/sheet1.html