Cardiac Disease in Children: Statistics

Thousands of infants born each year have congenital cardiovascular defects.  Of those who have these defects,

  • 4–10 percent have atrioventricular septal defect.
  • 8–11 percent have coarctation of the aorta.
  • 9–14 percent have tetralogy of Fallot.
  • 10–11 percent have transposition of the great arteries.
  • 14–16 percent have ventricular septal defects.
  •  4–8  percent have hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Other children will develop acquired heart disease. This includes...
  • Arrhythmias. 
  • Cardiomyopathies.
  • Kawasaki disease.
  • Rheumatic fever.
  • Familial hypercholesterolemia will affect the future of an unknown but probably large number of children.
  • Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) with its myocarditis.

Related AHA publications:

 



See also:

Arrhythmias
Cardiomyopathy
Cholesterol in Children
Cigarette Smoking and Children
Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
Congenital Cardiovascular Disease Statistics
Exercise (Physical Activity) and Children
Fiber and Children's Diets
Heart Transplants in Infants and Children
High Blood Pressure in Children
Kawasaki Disease
Overweight in Children
Rheumatic Heart Disease / Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Heart Disease Statistics



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