Statistics about Cleft palate

About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Cleft palate. The term 'prevalence' of Cleft palate usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Cleft palate at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Cleft palate refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Cleft palate diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Cleft palate: (see also prevalence and incidence page for Cleft palate)
  Incidence (annual) of Cleft palate: about 1 in 700 births
  Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 700 or 0.14% or 388,571 people in USA [about data]
  Incidence statistics about Cleft palate: The following statistics relate to the incidence of Cleft palate:

20 infants were born alive with cleft lip with or without palate in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
0 fetal deaths or still births occurred due to cleft lip with or without palate in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
9 cases of induced abortions occurred following prenatal diagnosis of cleft lip with or without palate in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
Cleft lip with or without palate occurred in 9.87 per 10,000 births in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
9 infants were born alive with cleft palate in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
0 fetal deaths or still births occurred due to cleft palate in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
4 cases of induced abortions occurred following prenatal diagnosis of cleft palate in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
Cleft palate occurred in 4.42 per 10,000 births in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)

Society statistics for Cleft palate
Hospitalization statistics for Cleft palate: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Cleft palate:

0.011% (1,350) of hospital consultant episodes were for cleft palate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
96% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
48% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
52% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for cleft palate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for cleft palate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for cleft palate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
9% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.009% (4,769) of hospital bed days were for cleft palate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.004% (562) of hospital consultant episodes were for cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
99% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft lip required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
61% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft lip were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
39% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft lip were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft lip required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft lip occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft lip occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
11% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft lip were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.002% (1,301) of hospital bed days were for cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.012% (1,546) of hospital consultant episodes were for cleft palate with cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
97% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate with cleft lip required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
64% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate with cleft lip were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
36% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate with cleft lip were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate with cleft lip required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for cleft palate with cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for cleft palate with cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for cleft palate with cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
15% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate with cleft lip occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate with cleft lip occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5% of hospital consultant episodes for cleft palate with cleft lip were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.009% (4,565) of hospital bed days were for cleft palate with cleft lip in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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Last revision: May 26, 2003

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