Every year, one in every 33 babies (about 120,000) born in the United States enters the world with a birth defect. (Read more.) Thousands of different birth defects have been identified and birth defects are the leading cause of death in the first year of life. (Read more.)

Learn more about birth defects using the following resources:

• National Library of Medicine
• Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction
• Children's Craniofacial Association
• Collaborative on Health and the Environment
• Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center
• Organization of Teratology Information Services
• Save Babies through Screening Foundation

Learn about potential environmental links and ways to reduce your child’s risk here.