EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND PREVALENCE OF LIVE-BORNS WITH OROFACIAL FISSURES IN BRAZIL BETWEEN 1999 AND 2017

Abstract

<h3>Objectives</h3> To describe the epidemiologic profile and prevalence of live births with orofacial clefts in Brazil between 1999 and 2017. <h3>Study Design</h3> Observational, descriptive study, based on the Information System on Live Births. <h3>Results</h3> Most children with clefts were male (59%), White (53.5%), with 1- and 5-minute APGAR scores greater than 7 (84.3% and 94.5%), term (84.7%), resulting from the first pregnancy (37.1%), in a single pregnancy (97.8%), by cesarean delivery (53.4%), in hospital (98.3%), and with a weight greater than or equal to 2500 g (81.8%). Of the mothers, 50.2% were between 20 and 25 years old, 58.8% had 7 or more prenatal consultations, 60.5% had 8 or more years of study, 46.4% were single, and 75.9% were from the countryside. <h3>Conclusions</h3> The epidemiologic profile of those born with cleft was male, White children born with normal weight, at term, by cesarean, in hospital, with satisfactory APGAR scores. The average prevalence rate was 4.78/10,000, with the highest recorded in the south and southeast and the lowest in the northeast and north.