INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
CONGENITAL HEART
DEFECTS
• Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are structural
problems with the heart present at birth.
• CHDs are the #1 birth defect in the U.S
and the #1 cause of birth related infant deaths.
• 1 in every 100 babies is born with CHD,
of those 1 in 10 is born with a fatal defect.
• Approximately 1 million American children and
adults with CHD and childhood onset heart disease
are alive today.
• Nearly twice as many children die from
congenital
heart disease in the United States each year than
• Funding for pediatric cancer research is
5 times higher than for congenital heart disease.
• In the last 25 years, advances in treatment of
heart defects have enabled half a million U.S.
children with significant heart defects to survive into
adulthood.
Sources: The American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.
org
Little Hearts: http://littlehearts.net
CONGENITAL HEART
DEFECTS
• Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are structural
problems with the heart present at birth.
• CHDs are the #1 birth defect in the U.S
and the #1 cause of birth related infant deaths.
• 1 in every 100 babies is born with CHD,
of those 1 in 10 is born with a fatal defect.
• Approximately 1 million American children and
adults with CHD and childhood onset heart disease
are alive today.
• Nearly twice as many children die from
congenital
heart disease in the United States each year than
• Funding for pediatric cancer research is
5 times higher than for congenital heart disease.
• In the last 25 years, advances in treatment of
heart defects have enabled half a million U.S.
children with significant heart defects to survive into
adulthood.
Sources: The American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.
org
Little Hearts: http://littlehearts.net
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