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- Heart defects are the most common and deadly of all birth defects.
- Approximately 36,000 babies are born each year with a congenital heart defect.
- In 1950, a child born with a congenital heart defect had only a 20% chance of survival. Today, survival rates have increased to 90%.
- Survivors of successful childhood intervention face life-long risks, including heart failure, stroke, and rhythmic disorders.
- Each year, nearly twice as many children die from CHD in the U.S. than from childhood cancer, yet funding for pediatric cancer research is five times higher than funding for congenital heart defects.
- For every dollar the government spends in medical funding, only a fraction of a penny goes toward congenital heart defects research.
Tags: CHD, congenital heart defect, Congenital Heart Defects, heart
