Attributes of freaks

General attributes of freaks

 

Number

Freaks may have too few or too many body parts

 

Proportion

Freaks may have distorted or monstrous forms

 

Size

Freaks are usually much larger/smaller/thinner/bigger than the norm

 

Color

Freaks may have hair or skin of an anormal color considering their sex/race/age

 

Gender

Freaks having two or contradictive genders

 

Rarity and early mortality

1. Congenital freaks are rare, they represent less than 0.2-3% of total human children births. More than 80% will die before they reach 3 months.
2. The variation and variance in the rate is explained by the differences in the definition of the freak as a discriminatory factor.
3. An commonly accepted rate is 2.5-3% of abnormals and monstrous children.
4. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) says that 2% to 3% of babies in the United States have major congenital birth defects.
5. Albert Puech : 0.2-0.4% (men)
6. The result of a survey by INSERM (French Medical Institute) in 1978 on the period 1950-1968 yields the number 1.79% .
7. This rate remains constant in time even if prenatal test and early abortion might help reducing the number of freaks actually born.