Congenital Heart Defect are Americans and every #1 birth defect. Nearly 1 of every 100 babies is born with CHD.
CHD are the number one cause of birth defect related to death.
CHD are the leading causes of all infants death in the U.S.
Each year approximately 40,000 babies are born in the U.S. With CHD.
There are an estimated 2,000,000 CHD survivors.
There are more than 40 types of CHD their is no known prevention or cure for any of them.
In the U.S. Twice as many children die from CHD each year than from all forms of childhood cancer combined yet funding for pediatric cancer research is five times higher than CHD.