FREQUENCY AND STRUCTURE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS IN CHILDREN OF SARATOV REGION

Congenital defects monitoring of Saratov region newborns has estimated the overall rate of congenital malformations, population anomalies rate of obligatory registration, as well as the frequency of lethal neonate defects. The data obtained have revealed that 25% of neonatal deaths are either directly or indirectly due to congenital malformations. Thus, one of the actual ways of neonatal mortality and disability reduction is congenital malformations prophylaxis.