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To our knowledge, their combined impact has not been explored to age 10.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analysed the population-based EUROlinkCAT cohort to ascertain the impact of SES on mortality by ages 1 and 10 amongst children with congenital anomalies in ten congenital anomaly registers in seven European countries. Four countries defined SES according to maternal education, and two used their national index of multiple deprivation. The ten registers used a common script to generate data on survival by ages 1 and 1\u201310 (365\u20133651 days). Eight registers analysed deaths according to their SES criteria, categorised as low, intermediate and high SES. Linked data were combined in random effects meta-analyses. Finland and Emilia-Romagna held data on single motherhood and EU-nationality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analysed mortality in relation to SES using data on 47,134 live-born children with major congenital anomalies classified and recorded 1996\u20132014. Mortality by age 1 and ages 1\u201310 was higher amongst the most than the least deprived, hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.47, 1.19\u20131.83 and 2.00, 1.32\u20133.02. Differences between intermediate and least deprived groups were smaller. Differences were statistically significant for all four analyses only in Ukraine and Wales. Mortality rates were higher for children of non-EU nationals, but not single mothers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Deprivation was more strongly associated with death at ages 1\u201310 than in infancy. 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