Table 3.

Overall mortality from 1943 to 1998 for 5331 people with cleft lip and palate born between 1943 and 1987 stratified for type of cleft lip and palate

	Age at follow up (years)
	0 to <1		1 to <18		18 to 55		0 to 55
Diagnosis	Observed/expected No of deaths	SMR	Observed/expected No of deaths	SMR	Observed/expected No of deaths	SMR	Observed/expected No of deaths	SMR (95% CI)
Males:
Cleft lip	25/26.9	0.93	7/9.8	0.72	39/30.2	1.29	71/66.9	1.06 (0.83 to 1.34)
Cleft lip and palate	60/34.8	1.73	19/12.6	1.51	54/38.3	1.41	133/85.7	1.55 (1.30 to 1.84)
Cleft palate	22/12.8	1.72	11/4.7	2.38	27/13.8	1.95	60/31.3	1.92 (1.46 to 2.47)
All	107/74.5	1.44	37/27.0	1.37	120/82.4	1.46	264/183.8	1.44 (1.27 to 1.62)
Female
Cleft lip	16/11.0	1.46	6/3.8	1.60	10/9.1	1.10	32/23.8	1.34 (0.92 to 1.90)
Cleft lip and palate	33/10.8	3.05	5/3.7	1.36	14/8.5	1.65	52/23.0	2.26 (1.69 to 2.97)
Cleft palate	19/13.2	1.45	10/4.4	2.27	25/11.0	2.27	54/28.6	1.89 (1.42 to 2.47)
All	68/35.0	1.94	21/11.8	1.78	49/28.6	1.71	138/75.4	1.83 (1.54 to 2.16)

SMR=standardised mortality ratio.