[Vision2020] Alcohol Fetal Effects: Combined FAS, ARBD, ARND Rate

[Ted Moffett]

Andreas, Wayne, et. al.

All the negative impacts of alcohol consumption during pregnancy on the
fetus need to be considered, not just FAS.  At least one study presented
below found that combining FAS, ARBD (alcohol related birth defects) and
ARND (alcohol related neuro-developmental disorder) resulted in impacts in 1
percent of all births.

The paragraph below is an excerpt from the article titled as below authored
as indicated and from the web link provided:

 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Research Janet R. Hankin, Ph.D.

*Janet R. Hankin, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Sociology,
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.*

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-1/58-65.htm

Estimates of the prevalence of FAS in the U.S. population range from 0.5 to
2 cases per 1,000 live births (May and Gossage 2001; CDC 2002b). Rates of
FAS surpass this prevalence in high-risk populations. For example, reported
rates of FAS are 9.8/1000 live births among Southwestern Plains Indians
living on reservations (May and Gossage 2001). The rate for alcohol-related
effects (ARBD and ARND) may be as high as 5 cases per 1,000 live births
(Stratton et al. 1996). May and Gossage (2001) estimate that the prevalence
for FAS, ARBD, and ARND combined is 1 percent of all births. The range in
prevalence results from differences in the populations at risk being studied
and in the methods used to identify affected people. Analyses based on
medical records often underestimate the rates of FAS and alcohol related
effects compared with more aggressive case-finding approaches that include
examinations of people living in the community (May and Gossage 2001;
Stratton et al. 1996).
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Ted Moffett
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