Objective: To define the list of priority congenital anomalies for improving the registration in the Brazilian Live Birth Information System (Sinasc). Methods: Based on International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), internation protocols and meetings with specialists, the list of priority anomalies was built considering two main criteria: being diagnosable at birth and having intervention av...
Objectives: To analyze the prevalence at birth and the spatial and temporal distribution of congenital anomalies (CAs) among live births in the state of Maranhão in the years 2001 to 2016. To describe demographic, gestational and neonatal variables of interest. Methods: Ecological, population-based study, using secondary data from the Information System on Live Births (SINASC). Annual prevalence of total and pe...