CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT FACTS
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are heart abnormalities present at birth and can affect the structure of a baby’s heart and the way it works.
Source: CDC
CHDs are the MOST common birth defect, affecting about 1 in 100 births. 40,000 babies a year are born with CHD, meaning that 1 baby is diagnosed with CHD every 15 minutes!
Source: CDC
About 1 in 4 babies born with a heart defect has a critical congenital heart defect, and these babies need surgery or other interventions in the first year of life.
Source: CDC
There are over 40 different types of CHDs and there is no cure for any of them.
Source: Children's Heart Foundation
CHD is the cause of about 1/3 of all infant deaths related to birth defects.
CHD is 60 times more prevalent than all childhood cancers.
Source: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
CHDs occur frequently yet research is heavily underfunded.
