About Congenital Heart Defects (CHD)
Research for CHD is grossly underfunded for its prevalence.
CHDs are the leading cause of infant death in the United States.
Twice as many children die from CHDs than from all childhood cancers combined, yet it receives one-fifth the amount of funding for research.
Approximately 1 in 100 babies are born with a CHD.
The cause of most CHDs are unknown.
While there are treatments for most CHDs, there is no cure. It is a lifelong disease.
Thanks to medical advances through research, death rates in the past decade have declined by almost 30 percent.
Source - Childrensheartfoundation.org