[Congenital developmental defects of the face and jaws in children (the statistical data for Moscow for 1979-1993)]

A stable increase in the rate of birth of children with congenital developmental defects in general and, specifically, with cleft lip and palate was observed in Moscow in 1979-1993. Regions of the city with stable high and low annual incidence of birth of children with maxillofacial clefts were distinguished.