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Incidence of neural tube defects in Ontario, 1986–1999

Enza Gucciardi, Mary-Anne Pietrusiak, Donna L. Reynolds and Jocelyn Rouleau
CMAJ August 06, 2002 167 (3) 237-240;
Enza Gucciardi
From *the University Health Network Women's Health Program, Toronto, Ont.; †the Durham Region Health Department, Whitby, Ont.; and ‡the Reproductive Health Section, Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
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Mary-Anne Pietrusiak
From *the University Health Network Women's Health Program, Toronto, Ont.; †the Durham Region Health Department, Whitby, Ont.; and ‡the Reproductive Health Section, Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
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Donna L. Reynolds
From *the University Health Network Women's Health Program, Toronto, Ont.; †the Durham Region Health Department, Whitby, Ont.; and ‡the Reproductive Health Section, Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
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Jocelyn Rouleau
From *the University Health Network Women's Health Program, Toronto, Ont.; †the Durham Region Health Department, Whitby, Ont.; and ‡the Reproductive Health Section, Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
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    Fig. 1: Total incidence rates of neural tube defects (NDTs) and birth incidence rates of NTDs and hydrocephalus in Ontario, 1986–1999.

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    Fig. 2: Incidence rates of NTDs in live births, by type of NTD.

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    Fig. 3: Incidence rates of NTDs in stillbirths, by type of NTD.

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    Fig. 5: Distribution of live births, stillbirths and therapeutic abortions with NTDs.

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    Fig. 4: Incidence rates of NTDs or hydrocephalus in therapeutic abortions.

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