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900,000 Chinese babies born with birth defects annually
About 900,000 babies are born in China annually with birth defects, health authorities said on Thursday, calling for increased premarital medical checkups. The incidence of birth defects in 1996 was 87.8 per 10,000 people, but it grew to 149.9 per 10,000 people in 2010 from 120 per 10,000 people in 2003, when China abolished compulsory premarital checkups, according to official data.
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