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Disease and Economic Burden of Intellectual Developmental Disability Attributable to Congenital Heart Disease, 1990–2021 Cover

Disease and Economic Burden of Intellectual Developmental Disability Attributable to Congenital Heart Disease, 1990–2021

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Table 1

The prevalence in all-aged number and age-standardized rates and EAPC of IDD attributable to CHD from 1990 to 2021.

199020211990, 2021
NUMBERASPR PER 100,000NUMBERASPR PER 100,000EAPC
NO.(95%UI)NO.(95%UI)NO.(95%UI)NO.(95%UI)NO.(95%CI)
Global1002537.7316.461049580.3515.71–0.15
(811930.51, 1182553.62)(13.37, 19.41)(827445.59, 1240229.06)(12.36, 18.58)(–0.16, –0.13)
Sexes
Male513943.4516.37532748.3515.52–0.21
(396318.50, 612334.24)(12.62, 19.47)(385978.16, 634998.34)(11.20, 18.51)(–0.23, –0.18)
Female488594.2816.54516832.0115.90–0.09
(402710.53, 576742.50)(13.67, 19.47)(423295.83, 608027.42)(12.95, 18.76)(–0.12, –0.06)
SDI regions
Low SDI149796.6717.06260790.5316.31–0.17
(119233.36, 182693.05)(13.73, 20.68)(209008.92, 317620.92)(13.12, 19.81)(–0.20, –0.13)
Low-middle SDI297693.0117.83325742.8217.05–0.10
(245028.59, 357986.02)(14.72, 21.33)(268253.40, 385252.99)(14.02, 20.19)(–0.13, –0.07)
Middle SDI317594.2716.15279260.2115.20–0.19
(258423.84, 373609.97)(13.18, 18.99)(219974.67, 328415.93)(11.88, 17.88)(–0.20, –0.17)
High-middle SDI146087.1915.50110225.3514.37–0.26
(102028.96, 174528.50)(10.71, 18.53)(68911.32, 131221.02)(8.36, 17.18)(–0.27, –0.25)
High SDI90570.2713.9672795.3112.26–0.40
(41756.98, 110459.05)(6.24, 17.10)(30104.98, 91007.84)(4.74, 15.38)(–0.42, –0.38)
Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
Central Asia21330.4723.3123420.4323.64–0.10
(16735.42, 26233.41)(18.34, 28.54)(15800.79, 28621.09)(15.98, 28.87)(–0.16, –0.04)
Central Europe16822.7717.899775.0716.49–0.39
(10490.13, 20321.48)(10.96, 21.67)(3275.42, 12078.44)(5.01, 20.45)(–0.43, –0.35)
Eastern Europe30288.4317.2118349.2216.67–0.24
(15330.53, 36972.46)(8.47, 21.15)(8978.69, 22462.09)(7.51, 20.58)(–0.32, –0.17)
High-income
Australasia1228.867.811977.8310.330.91
(50.37, 1919.63)(0.27, 12.28)(709.34, 2707.04)(3.49, 14.22)(0.69, 1.13)
High-income Asia Pacific13692.1212.253831.454.99–2.63
(2175.70, 18792.86)(1.59, 16.77)(92.30, 9172.51)(0.08, 12.30)(–2.80, –2.46)
High-income North America29480.4813.2927740.4712.75–0.13
(14493.47, 35609.18)(6.46, 16.04)(11599.29, 33575.74)(5.11, 15.49)(–0.17, –0.09)
Southern Latin America6486.6412.705494.7912.41–0.16
(4311.16, 7760.74)(8.43, 15.18)(2413.07, 6796.30)(5.23, 15.31)(–0.22, –0.11)
Western Europe40670.8415.9135786.5414.58–0.25
(23984.35, 48872.76)(8.87, 19.30)(18976.02, 43572.10)(7.03, 17.97)(–0.29, –0.21)
Latin America and Caribbean
Andean Latin America6851.9313.548166.2213.14–0.12
(5494.05, 8242.19)(10.85, 16.24)(5349.00, 9924.15)(8.51, 15.98)(–0.13, –0.10)
Caribbean5330.9513.135050.2412.76–0.14
(3911.42, 6438.10)(9.63, 15.84)(3695.82, 6009.15)(9.27, 15.17)(–0.17, –0.12)
Central Latin America30409.9613.8028151.3413.54–0.10
(16627.91, 36667.55)(7.79, 16.64)(13220.59, 34158.83)(6.21, 16.39)(–0.12, –0.08)
Tropical Latin America22591.5313.4922009.0912.38–0.28
(17641.57, 26288.39)(10.52, 15.70)(14703.89, 26234.99)(8.14, 14.76)(–0.34, –0.23)
North Africa and Middle East
North Africa and Middle East91390.6119.12118705.1719.460.00
(76169.56, 106795.40)(15.99, 22.33)(98242.55, 137987.38)(16.10, 22.61)(–0.01, 0.02)
South Asia
South Asia284494.7118.76302255.8418.780.12
(234033.45, 343653.84)(15.47, 22.59)(252659.00, 357444.65)(15.64, 22.30)(0.07, 0.17)
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
East Asia175214.2615.03114036.9113.24–0.41
(134038.04, 209492.23)(11.48, 18)(72492.02, 136829.39)(7.80, 15.95)(–0.42, –0.40)
Oceania1399.5214.412703.7414.320.01
(1119.23, 1724.1)(11.52, 17.71)(2168.99, 3304.33)(11.57, 17.48)(0.00, 0.03)
Southeast Asia269427.9815.44198567.5513.70–0.41
(217613.29, 319857.45)(12.47, 18.33)(147363.99, 236391.39)(9.95, 16.35)(–0.43, –0.40)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central Sub-Saharan Africa16246.2216.0831753.4715.70–0.15
(12133.45, 20999.06)(12.01, 20.69)(24669.51, 39613.37)(12.26, 19.46)(–0.25, –0.05)
Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa51790.6314.8784002.0313.63–0.37
(41544.61, 62514.65)(12.11, 17.8)(65804.55, 102424.93)(10.70, 16.58)(–0.40, –0.33)
Southern Sub-Saharan Africa9101.3812.6610168.2812.69–0.01
(3580.61, 11254.39)(5.08, 15.64)(4284.54, 12483.75)(5.30, 15.57)(–0.02, 0.00)
Western Sub-Saharan Africa54901.2215.77114375.3414.81–0.30
(37501.04, 68432.67)(10.94, 19.49)(67482.28, 141019.43)(8.84, 18.27)(–0.34, –0.25)

[i] Abbreviation: EAPC, estimated annual percentage change; IDD, intellectual disability developmental; CHD, congenital heart disease; ASPR, age-standardized prevalence rates; UI, uncertainty intervals; CI, confidence intervals; SDI, social demographic index.

Table 2

The DALYs in all-aged number and age-standardized rates and EAPC of IDD attributable to CHD from 1990 to 2021.

199020211990–2021
NUMBERASDR PER 100,000NUMBERASDR PER 100,000EAPC
NO.(95%UI)NO.(95%UI)NO.(95%UI)NO.(95%UI)NO.(95%CI)
Global35189.340.5836029.730.53–0.35
(23049.83, 53052.22)(0.38, 0.88)(23561.33, 53971.97)(0.35, 0.80)(–0.39, –0.31)
Sexes
Male17371.710.5617652.080.51–0.41
(11286.25, 26402.73)(0.36, 0.85)(11423.50, 26227.34)(0.33, 0.76)(–0.47, –0.35)
Female17817.630.6118377.660.56–0.29
(11626.80, 26826.93)(0.40, 0.91)(12070.61, 27001.62)(0.36, 0.83)(–0.32, –0.25)
SDI regions
Low SDI5319.670.628748.910.56–0.47
(3382.36, 8106.97)(0.40, 0.95)(5555.04, 13051.95)(0.36, 0.83)(–0.56, –0.39)
Low-middle SDI12129.030.7412554.820.66–0.36
(7812.45, 18064.54)(0.47, 1.09)(8173.63, 18321.98)(0.43, 0.96)(–0.40, –0.32)
Middle SDI10966.540.569373.630.49–0.44
(7114.14, 16474.67(0.36, 0.84)(6103.31, 14033.70)(0.32, 0.74)(–0.46, –0.42)
High-middle SDI4188.350.443252.760.39–0.47
(2545.11, 6433.86)(0.27, 0.67)(1939.47, 4977.61)(0.23, 0.61)(–0.51, –0.42)
High SDI2561.480.382076.880.32–0.55
(1575.54, 3856.20)(0.23, 0.57)(1250.19, 3183.16)(0.19, 0.49)(–0.61, –0.50)
Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
Central Asia618.590.69658.800.67–0.38
(359.13, 947.65)(0.40, 1.05)(364.27, 998.96)(0.37, 1.01)(–0.53, –0.22)
Central Europe458.930.47244.760.39–0.84
(254.10, 724.48)(0.26, 0.76)(121.30, 402.01)(0.19, 0.65)(–0.90, –0.78)
Eastern Europe752.920.41488.800.41–0.34
(402.64, 1224.68)(0.22, 0.68)(256.33, 780.35)(0.21, 0.66)(–0.52, –0.16)
High-income
Australasia19.230.1251.420.252.49
(3.64, 40.20)(0.02, 0.25)(26.51, 85.12)(0.13, 0.43)(2.01, 2.98)
High-income Asia Pacific364.450.30104.700.10–3.31
(153.80, 609.23)(0.12, 0.50)(6.21, 240.84)(0.00, 0.25)(–3.38, –3.23)
High-income North America847.210.37820.250.36–0.14
(546.3, 1283.54)(0.24, 0.57)(534.09, 1221.89)(0.23, 0.54)(–0.18, –0.10)
Southern Latin America190.730.37157.490.34–0.44
(119.48, 289.24)(0.23, 0.57)(99.81, 234.34)(0.22, 0.51)(–0.55, –0.33)
Western Europe1307.600.471118.730.40–0.49
(810.90, 1944.45)(0.29, 0.71)(679.55, 1684.22)(0.23, 0.62)(–0.54, –0.44)
Latin America and Caribbean
Andean Latin America196.100.40229.950.37–0.34
(113.06, 301.73)(0.23, 0.61)(122.57, 356.82)(0.19, 0.57)(–0.36, –0.32)
Caribbean139.730.35136.190.34–0.17
(68.59, 219.31)(0.17, 0.55)(70.19, 215.28)(0.17, 0.54)(–0.20, –0.14)
Central Latin America769.760.36723.710.34–0.29
(417.02, 1246.56)(0.20, 0.58)(376.24, 1167.37)(0.17, 0.55)(–0.36, –0.22)
Tropical Latin America643.270.39582.120.32–0.69
(379.71, 1002.05)(0.23, 0.60)(315.37, 897.37)(0.17, 0.49)(–0.77, –0.60)
North Africa and Middle East
North Africa and Middle East3486.280.754518.120.74–0.18
(2228.27, 5275.79)(0.48, 1.13)(2922.01, 6708.96)(0.48, 1.10)(–0.22, –0.14)
South Asia
South Asia12792.220.8513674.810.840.07
(8259.77, 18737.62)(0.55, 1.24)(8880.17, 19863.14)(0.55, 1.22)(0.01, 0.12)
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
East Asia5101.820.433283.370.35–0.80
(2977.15, 7867.67)(0.25, 0.67)(1870.56, 5046.48)(0.19, 0.55)(–0.86, –0.75)
Oceania42.450.4579.410.43–0.04
(25.64, 66.86)(0.27, 0.71)(47.49, 121.79)(0.26, 0.66)(–0.08, –0.01)
Southeast Asia3631.190.642594.600.44–1.25
(2355.78, 5378.91)(0.42, 0.95)(1669.25, 3901.14)(0.28, 0.67)(–1.30, –1.19)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central Sub-Saharan Africa425.050.43883.370.44–0.14
(238.38, 703.53)(0.25, 0.71)(507.97, 1456.81)(0.26, 0.73)(–0.42, 0.13)
Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa1662.690.502441.840.40–0.93
(1027.54, 2590.90)(0.31, 0.76)(1452.09, 3747.40)(0.24, 0.62)(–1.03, –0.84)
Southern Sub-Saharan Africa213.830.31253.610.320.06
(109.52, 354.79)(0.16, 0.51)(132.57, 406.14)(0.16, 0.51)(0.04, 0.08)
Western Sub-Saharan Africa1525.270.462983.680.40–0.67
(894.79, 2442.61)(0.27, 0.72)(1646.61, 4747.87)(0.22, 0.63)(–0.77, –0.57)

[i] Abbreviation: DALYs, disability–adjusted life years; EAPC, estimated annual percentage change; IDD, intellectual developmental disability; CHD, congenital heart disease; ASDR, age-standardized DALYs rates; UI, uncertainty intervals; CI, confidence intervals; SDI, social demographic index.

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Figure 1

Global prevalence rates, DALYs rates, prevalence EAPC, and DALYs EAPC of IDD attributable to CHD across 204 countries and territories. (A) Prevalence rates (per 100,000) in 2021; (B) DALYs rates (per 100,000) in 2021; (C) EAPC of prevalence from 1990 to 2021; (D) EAPC of DALYs from 1990 to 2021. Abbreviations: DALYs, disability-adjusted life years; EAPC, estimated annual percentage change; IDD, intellectual developmental disability; CHD, congenital heart disease; NA, not available.

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Figure 2

Global prevalence and DALY of different levels of IDD attributable to CHD across ten age subgroups and both sexes in 2021. (A) Prevalence number (thousand); (B) DALY number (thousand); (C) Prevalence rates (per 100,000); (D) DALY rates (per 100,000). Abbreviations: DALY, disability-adjusted life years; IDD, intellectual developmental disability; CHD, congenital heart disease.

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Figure 3

Economic cost of IDD attributable to CHD in 2021. (A) Direct costs in 2021 ($ million); (B) Indirect costs in 2021 ($ million). Abbreviations: IDD, intellectual developmental disability; CHD, congenital heart disease; NA, not available.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1511 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 11, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 11, 2025
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Published on: Jan 16, 2026
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