General attributes of freaks

Number

Freaks have too few or too many body parts

Proportion

Freaks have distorted or monstrous forms

Size

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

Color

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

Gender

Freaks having two or contradictive genders

Rarity and early mortality

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.

The variation and variance in the rate is explained by the differences in the definition of the freak as a discriminatory factor.

An commonly accepted rate is 2.5-3% of abnormals and monstrous children.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) says that 2% to 3% of babies in the United States have major congenital birth defects.

Albert Puech : 0.2-0.4% (men)

The result of a survey by INSERM (French Medical Institute) in 1978 on the period 1950-1968.yields 1.79% .

This rate remains constant in time even if prenatal test and early abortion might help reducing the number of freaks actually born.