Comparative evaluation of the prevalence of congenital malformations de novo in newborns from radiation-contaminated territories of the Bryansk region (1999-2014)

Abstract

On the basis of official statistics for 1999-2014 there was performed the comparative evaluation of the prevalence of congenital malformations de novo: polydactyly, reduction limb defects and multiple congenital malformations in newborns of radiation-contaminated areas of the Bryansk area residing in areas with the various density of radioactive contamination by long lived radionuclides cesium-137 (from 10.0 to 2523.4 kBq/m) and strontium-90 (from 0.7 to 42.5 kBq/m). The findings showed no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of polydactyly, reduction limb defects and multiple congenital malformations in newborns in the South-Western areas compared to medium regional values, although the maximum value of the amount of congenital malformations de novo is found in most radiation-contaminated areas.