Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Continues to Be A Major Public Health Concern

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 23 –

 Many US children continue to be born with birth defects and developmental disabilities associated with maternal alcohol use during pregnancy, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in the May 24th issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

In the paper, Karen Hymbaugh, of the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, and colleagues summarize results of a data analysis of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Network (FASSNet), a program designed to track the occurrence of fetal alcohol syndrome.

 “This is the first state-based program that allows us to consistently monitor fetal alcohol syndrome,” she told Reuters Health. They found that the rate of fetal alcohol syndrome in children born between 1995 and 1997 in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, and New York ranged from 0.3 to 1.5 per 1000 live births. Rates were highest among blacks and American Indian/Alaska Native populations. These rates are in line with past prevalence estimates.

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