Cleft type | N* | Total number of admissions | Total number of days in hospital | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | (SD) | Median | Mean | (SD) | Median | ||
(A) Non-syndromic patients | |||||||
CL | 2326 | 1.2 | (0.4) | 1 | 4.0 | (2.0) | 4 |
CP | 3004 | 1.2 | (0.5) | 1 | 5.0 | (3.8) | 4 |
UCLP | 1877 | 2.3 | (0.7) | 2 | 9.0 | (4.4) | 8 |
BCLP | 880 | 2.6 | (0.9) | 2 | 11.2 | (8.5) | 10 |
All | 8087† | 1.6 | (0.8) | 1 | 6.3 | (5.0) | 5 |
(B) Syndromic patients | |||||||
CL | 180 | 1.4 | (0.7) | 1 | 11.0 | (40.0) | 4 |
CP | 1623 | 1.2 | (0.5) | 1 | 6.4 | (12.7) | 5 |
UCLP | 211 | 2.2 | (0.8) | 2 | 13.7 | (23.7) | 9 |
BCLP | 180 | 2.6 | (1.0) | 2 | 19.1 | (43.3) | 11 |
All | 2194 | 1.5 | (0.8) | 1 | 8.5 | (21.7) | 5 |
Hospital Episode Statistics, England 1997–2011.
*Private, non-UK patients are excluded.
†Not all patients included in the analyses had a cleft-related procedure admission within the first 2 years of life.
BCLP, bilateral cleft lip and palate; CL, cleft lip; CP, cleft palate; UCLP, unilateral cleft lip and plate.