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Tucson, Arizona... 10,812 babies will be born Arizona Center for Health Statistics |
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1 of these babies will be HIV positive. 5/100,000: Center for Disease Control and Prevention 3 of these babies will be born with Muscular Dystrophy. 1 in 3,200: Muscular Dystrophy Association 4 of these babies will be born with Spina Bifida. 3.2/10,000: Center for Disease Control and Prevention 10 of these babies will have Down Syndrome. 1/1,000: Center for Disease Control 20 babies will have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. 19.5 per 10,000: Natl Org. of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 108 babies will have Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 1/100: Teratology 1997 Nov;56(5):317-26 The comprehensive lifetime cost of just one baby with FAS could be as much as $5 million. FAS Community Resource Center The cost to taxpayers for treating Tucson residents with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is estimated to be $13 million each year. Community Based Assessment by Dr. Larry Burd. As noted by the Institute of Medicine's 1996 Report to Congress on FAS: "These incidence figures are offered not as established facts but to emphasize the magnitude of a problem that has serious implications - for the individual and for society. " From the Executive Summary of the IOM Report. | |