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On any given day
in the United States... 10,657 babies are born 3,890,000/yr: US Census Bureau |
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1 of these babies is HIV positive. 5/100,000: Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2 of these babies are born with Spina Bifida. 20/100,000: Center for Disease Control and Prevention 3 of these babies are born with Muscular Dystrophy. 1 in 3,200: Muscular Dystrophy Association 10 of these babies are born with Down Syndrome. 1/1,000: Center for Disease Control 20 of these babies are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. 19.5 per 10,000: Natl Org. of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 100 of these babies are born with Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder. 1/100: Teratology 1997 Nov;56(5):317-26 The comprehensive lifetime cost of just one baby with FAS could be as much as $5 million. FAS Community Resource Center The cost to American taxpayers for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is estimated to be over $5 million a day. $1.9 billion/year: National Institute on Drug Abuse As noted by the Institute of Medicine's 1996 Report to Congress on FAS: "These incidence figures are offered not as established facts but to emphasize the magnitude of a problem that has serious implications - for the individual and for society. " From the Executive Summary of the IOM Report. | |