Table 6 Prevalence of birth defects by residents cross maternal age.

From: Update from a cohort study for birth defects in Hunan Province, China, 2010–2020

Maternal age (years old)

Urban

Rural (reference)

OR (95% CI)

Total (n)

BD (n)

Prevalence (1/10,000, 95% CI)

Total (n)

BD (n)

Prevalence (1/10,000, 95% CI)

 < 20

6779

152

224.22 (188.58–259.87)

20,540

394

191.82 (172.88–210.76)

1.17 (0.97–1.42)

20–24

106,323

2231

209.83 (201.13–218.54)

232,797

4010

172.25 (166.92–177.58)

1.22 (1.16–1.29)

25–29

302,455

6868

227.08 (221.70–232.45)

390,754

6150

157.39 (153.45–161.32)

1.45 (1.40–1.50)

30–34

188,465

4220

223.91 (217.16–230.67)

196,557

2966

150.90 (145.47–156.33)

1.49 (1.43–1.57)

 ≥ 35

90,479

2059

227.57 (217.74–237.40)

84,227

1546

183.55 (174.40–192.70)

1.25 (1.17–1.33)

  1. BD birth defect, CI confidence intervals, OR odds ratio.