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Table 1 Number of hospitals in England according to number of patients receiving a primary cleft repair, by patient year of birth

From: Centralisation of services for children with cleft lip or palate in England: a study of hospital episode statistics

Year of birth

Total number of NHS hospitals

Number of patients undergoing primary repairs

1–4

5–9

10–19

20–39

≥40

Pre-CSAG

1997a

49

12

17

10

8

2

1998

44

7

7

16

12

2

Post-CSAG

1999

42

6

11

14

6

5

2000

40

10

6

11

7

6

2001

38

10

8

6

9

5

2002

28

8

3

1

10

6

2003

22

5

2

0

8

7

2004

21

4

3

0

6

8

2005

16

1

0

2

4

9

2006

15

2

0

0

4

9

2007

13

0

0

0

1

12

2008

14

1

0

0

2

11

  1. a Births from 1 April to 31 December 2007 only.