Descriptive Epidemiology of Orofacial Clefts in Ethiopia
| Autor: | Mulualem Gessese, Mekonen Eshete, Abiye Hailu, Fikre Abate, Peter A. Mossey, Taye Hailu, Milliard Deribew, Ibrahim Mohammed, Deborah V. Dawson, Keyla Pagan-Rivera, Paul Gravem, Yohannes Demissie, Wakgari Deressa, Azeez Butali |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Cleft Lip Prevalence Total population Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Aged Retrospective Studies business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Significant difference Infant Newborn Retrospective cohort study 030206 dentistry General Medicine Descriptive epidemiology Cleft Palate Hospitalization Otorhinolaryngology Surgery Christian ministry Female Ethiopia business |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND The prevalence of birth defects including orofacial clefts (OFC) in Ethiopia is not known and there is no established birth defects registration system. OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence and incidence of OFC in Ethiopia. DESIGN Retrospective hospital-based descriptive study. METHODS The authors obtained data from the Smile Train database on Ethiopian patients with OFC who underwent surgical treatment from June 2007 to December 2013 at 31 hospitals distributed throughout the country. Data related to live births in Ethiopia during the mentioned period were obtained from the Federal Ministry of Health database for estimates of the incidence and prevalence rates. RESULTS The total number of life births during the study period was 18,811,316. During this same period, 18,073 cleft patients approximately ranging from 1 to 75 years old were examined and treated at the hospitals mentioned earlier. The incidence rate estimated from the total number of affected children during the study period (N = 8232) is 0.44/1000 live births. The prevalence rate is 0.20/1000 and this was estimated using the number of total population in 2013 (N = 88,703,914). There is a significant difference in frequency between bilateral clefts of the lip and/or palate (CLP) (26.9%) versus unilateral CLP (73.1%) (P |
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