The Office for National Statistics has published statistics regarding the notification of congenital anomalies for England and Wales in 2008.
The National Congenital Anomaly System (NCAS) was set up in 1964 to monitor the occurrence of congenital anomalies in England and Wales. A congenital anomaly is a structural or functional abnormality of the human body that develops before birth. Reporting of affected live and stillbirths to the system is voluntary.
There were 4,254 children born in England and Wales in 2008 notified to the National Congenital Anomaly System as having one or more congenital anomalies.
Further information is available at National Statistics Online.