800,000-plus defective babies born in China annually

时间：2007-09-21 02:25:58

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Chinanews, Chengdu, September 20 – According to the record of the Ministry1 of Health, the proportion of defective2 babies had been increasing, from 104.9 every 10,000 in 2001 to 145.5 every 10,000 in 2006.

 

Every year, 200,000 – 300,000 babies with obvious defects are born in China. Taking those with recessive3 defects into consideration, the number can be as high as 800,000 – 1,200,000. That is to say, 4% - 6% of newborns in China are born with physical defects.

 

Only 20% -30% of such defective babies will survive after careful treatment, while 30% - 40% will eventually die, and the rest will live with deformities.

 

Currently, about 30 million Chinese families have defective babies, approximately 10% of the total.

 

Thus the National Population and Family Planning Commission of China has launched a meeting on prevention and treatment of Congenital defects in Chengdu.

 
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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 defective qnLzZ     
adj.有毛病的，有问题的，有瑕疵的
参考例句：
  • The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
  • If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷， 顾客有权索赔。
3 recessive GANzD     
adj.退行的，逆行的，后退的，隐性的
参考例句：
  • Blue eyes are recessive and brown eyes are dominant.蓝眼睛是隐性的；而褐色眼睛是显性的。
  • Sickle-cell anaemia is passed on through a recessive gene.镰状细胞贫血通过隐性基因遗传给后代。

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