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Is hirschsprung's disease a common birth defect?
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No: This is not a very common problem.
Answered 6/5/2012
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No: It is in fact rare and occurs in 1:5000 live births.
Answered 5/25/2013
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Not so rare: It occurs in about 1 out of every 5,000 newborns and is most common in male babies. Some instances are familial. Down syndrome has fifteen fold increase in incidence of Hirschsprung's disease.
Answered 12/7/2014
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