Diamond-Blackfan anemia epidemiology and demographics
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Overview
The Incidence of Classical Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is about seven per million live births per year. Thus in the United States, with 4 million live births per year, each year, approximately 25-35 new patients will be diagnosed. The prevalence of DBA is approximately 5000 cases worldwide. DBA is usually first diagnosed in infancy. The average age of presenting with anemia is two months, and the average age of diagnosis with DBA is 3-4 months. There is no racial predilection to DBA. DBA affects men and women equally.
Diamond-Blackfan anemia epidemiology and demographics
Incidence
The incidence of Classical Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is about seven per million live births per year. Thus in the United States, with 4 million live births per year, each year approximately 25-35 new patients will be diagnosed.[1]
Prevalence of DBA
DBA is a rare disease. It is approximately 5000 cases worldwide.
Age
DBA is usually first diagnosed in infancy. The average age of presenting with anemia is two months, and the average age of diagnosis with DBA is 3-4 months.
Race
There is no racial predilection to DBA.
Gender
DBA affects men and women equally.[2]
References
- ↑ Vlachos A, Ball S, Dahl N, Alter BP, Sheth S, Ramenghi U, Meerpohl J, Karlsson S, Liu JM, Leblanc T, Paley C, Kang EM, Leder EJ, Atsidaftos E, Shimamura A, Bessler M, Glader B, Lipton JM (September 2008). "Diagnosing and treating Diamond Blackfan anemia: results of an international clinical consensus conference". Br. J. Haematol. 142 (6): 859–76. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07269.x. PMC 2654478. PMID 18671700.
- ↑ Willig TN, Niemeyer CM, Leblanc T, Tiemann C, Robert A, Budde J, Lambiliotte A, Kohne E, Souillet G, Eber S, Stephan JL, Girot R, Bordigoni P, Cornu G, Blanche S, Guillard JM, Mohandas N, Tchernia G (November 1999). "Identification of new prognosis factors from the clinical and epidemiologic analysis of a registry of 229 Diamond-Blackfan anemia patients. DBA group of Société d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie Pédiatrique (SHIP), Gesellshaft für Pädiatrische Onkologie und Hämatologie (GPOH), and the European Society for Pediatric Hematology and Immunology (ESPHI)". Pediatr. Res. 46 (5): 553–61. doi:10.1203/00006450-199911000-00011. PMID 10541318.