Most of these children can be helped by surgery even if the defect is severe. Mortality from cardiovascular defects was 4,820 Americans in 1996. About 32,000 babies are born each year with cardiovascular defects. At least 35 types of defects are recognized. About 1,000,000 Americans with cardiovascular defects are alive today.
Blacks are more likely to have heart defects than whites are.
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