CONGENITAL AND CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES (Q00-Q99)
Congenital and chromosomal abnormalities such as Down's Syndrome, Edward's syndrome, Cerebal Palsy and congenital heart malformations (Q00-Q99) accounted for 547 deaths in 2006, of which 305 (56%) were deaths of males and 242 (44%) were of females.
The majority of these deaths occurred within the first year of life (283 or 52%), however, the remainder were spread relatively evenly over other age groups. Median age at death due to Congenital and chromosomal abnormalities was 1.0 years. This is 79.3 years lower than the median for all deaths (80.3 years).
Congenital malformations of the heart and blood vessels (Q20-Q28) accounted for 194 deaths or 36% of all deaths due to Congenital and chromosomal abnormalities. The median age for this cause was 28.0 years.
2.17 Selected Underlying Causes, Congenital and Chromosomal Abnormalities (Q00-Q99) - 2006 |
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| | | Males | Females | Persons | Proportion of all deaths | |
| Cause of Death and ICD code | no. | no. | no. | % | |
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| CHAPTER XVII Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | 305 | 242 | 547 | 0.4 | |
| Congenital malformations of the nervous system (Q00-Q07) | 41 | 30 | 71 | 0.1 | |
| | Other congenital malformations of brain (Q04) | 12 | 13 | 25 | - | |
| Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28) | 101 | 93 | 194 | 0.1 | |
| | Congenital malformations of cardiac septa (Q21) | 22 | 15 | 37 | - | |
| | Congenital malformations of aortic and mitral valves (Q23) | 16 | 10 | 26 | - | |
| | Other congenital malformations of heart (Q24) | 36 | 32 | 68 | 0.1 | |
| | Other congenital malformations of peripheral vascular system (Q27) | 8 | 16 | 24 | - | |
| Congenital malformations of the urinary system (Q60-Q64) | 35 | 18 | 53 | - | |
| | Cystic kidney disease (Q61) | 24 | 15 | 39 | - | |
| Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79) | 21 | 16 | 37 | - | |
| | Congenital malformations of the musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified (Q79) | 15 | 8 | 23 | - | |
| Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified (Q90-Q99) | 58 | 48 | 106 | 0.1 | |
| | Down's syndrome (Q90) | 32 | 19 | 51 | - | |
| | Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome (Q91) | 8 | 17 | 25 | - | |
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| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
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