Oral Clefts, Selected Counties, Texas, 1997

Rates per 10,000 Live Births

Cleft Palate w/o Cleft Lip

Nueces
Rate 12.97 Lower CI 5.21 Upper CI 26.72

Cameron
Rate 3.93 Lower CI 0.81 Upper CI 11.48

Dallas
Rate 5.69 Lower CI 3.56 Upper CI 8.61

Tarrant
Rate 5.75 Lower CI 3.06 Upper CI 9.83

El Paso
Rate 8.98 Lower CI 4.78 Upper CI 15.36

Bexar
Rate 4.79 Lower CI 2.39 Upper CI 8.58

Cleft Lip with or w/o Cleft Palate

Nueces
Rate 7.41 Lower CI 2.02 Upper CI 18.98

Cameron
Rate 15.71 Lower CI 8.12 Upper CI 27.44

Dallas
Rate 10.86 Lower CI 7.83 Upper CI 14.68

Tarrant
Rate 10.17 Lower CI 6.45 Upper CI 15.27

El Paso
Rate 13.82 Lower CI 8.44 Upper CI 21.34

Bexar
Rate 11.33 Lower CI 7.4 Upper CI 16.6

Date Reported: June 2001

Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Division