As of 2024, around babies born each year in the United States had a cleft lip with a cleft palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects in which a baby's lip or mouth do not properly form. This statistic shows the number of babies affected each year by select mouth/face/eye birth defects in the United States as of 2024.
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CDC. (May 15, 2024). Number of babies affected each year by select mouth, face, and eye birth defects in the United States as of 2024 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1497612/mouth-face-eye-birth-defects-number-of-cases-us/
CDC. "Number of babies affected each year by select mouth, face, and eye birth defects in the United States as of 2024." Chart. May 15, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/1497612/mouth-face-eye-birth-defects-number-of-cases-us/
CDC. (2024). Number of babies affected each year by select mouth, face, and eye birth defects in the United States as of 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 28, 2026. /statistics/1497612/mouth-face-eye-birth-defects-number-of-cases-us/
CDC. "Number of Babies Affected Each Year by Select Mouth, Face, and Eye Birth Defects in The United States as of 2024." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 15 May 2024, /statistics/1497612/mouth-face-eye-birth-defects-number-of-cases-us/
CDC, Number of babies affected each year by select mouth, face, and eye birth defects in the United States as of 2024 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1497612/mouth-face-eye-birth-defects-number-of-cases-us/ (last visited July 28, 2026)
Number of babies affected each year by select mouth, face, and eye birth defects in the United States as of 2024 [Graph], CDC, May 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1497612/mouth-face-eye-birth-defects-number-of-cases-us/
