Nationally recognize February 7-14 as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week.

Congenital heart defects are America's and every country's #1 birth defect. Nearly 1 of every 100 babies is born with a CHD.
CHDs are the #1 cause of birth defect related deaths.
CHDs are the leading cause of all infant deaths in the US.
Each year approximately 40,000 babies are born in the US with a CHD.
Each year over 1,000,000 babies are born worldwide with a CHD. 100,000 will not live to see their first birthday; 1,000s more die before they reach adulthood.
There are an estimated 2,000,000 CHD survivors in the US.
There are more than 40 types of CHDs,there is no known prevention or cure for any of them.
In the US, twice as many children die from CHDs each year than from all forms of childhood cancer combined,yet funding for pediatric cancer research is five times higher than for CHD.