The overall prevalence of congenital heart defects in newborns in Germany is 1.08%, with associations found with prematurity, low birth weight, and multiple births.
The PAN study recorded an overall CHD prevalence of 1.08% in Germany. The proportion of mild CHD may indicate a high diagnostic level, the prevalence of severe lesions is concordant with ranges reported by others. CHD is associated with prematurity, low birth weight and multiple births.
Lindinger et al. (Wed,) studied this question.