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Table 1 Distribution of cases of CMs, chromosomal abnormalities, and low birth weight rates in the city of Insistence (of the landfill site) and in the Marches Region, 2001 to 2006

From: Application of space-time disease clustering by administrative databases in Italy: Adverse Reproductive Outcomes (AROs) and residential exposure

 

Fano

Marches

∆

n

Rate per 1,000

95 % CI

n

Rate per 1,000

95 % CI

Congenital malformations

 Central nervous system

-

-

-

23

0.30

0.18–0.44

-

 Cardiovascular

34

9.96

6.89–13.91

980

12.59

11.79–13.43

-

 Orofacial

6

1.76

0.64–3.82

125

1.94

1.33–1.91

-

 Ear

3

0.88

0–5.84

25

0.32

0.07–0.71

-

 Gastrointestinal

4

1.17

0.31–2.99

114

1.77

1.2–1.75

-

 Genitourinary

17

4.98

2.89–7.97

543

6.98

6.49–7.52

-

 Musculoskeletal

24

7.03

4.5–10.45

583

7.51

6.89–8.13

-

 Total

122

35.72

29.66–42.65

3375

43.65

41.88–44.86

-

Chromosomal anomalies

9

2.64

1.14–4.76

86

1.11

0.88–1.36

-

Low birth weight

82

24.05

19.38–29.70

2623

33.71

32.46–35.00

*

Total number of AROsa

301

88.30

78.98–98.32

7894

75.45

73.86–77.07

*

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. aPlease see the Methods section for calculations used