Who gets cleft lip and/or cleft palate?

Who gets cleft lip and/or cleft palate?

Cleft lip and/or cleft palate affects 1 in 1,000 babies every year, and is the fourth most common birth defect in the United States. Clefts occur more often in children of Asian descent.

Twice as many boys as girls have a cleft lip, both with and without a cleft palate. However, twice as many girls as boys have cleft palate without a cleft lip.