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==Overview==
==Overview==


==Epidemiology and Demographics==
===Prevalence===
There are insufficient data about the exact prevalence of beta-thalassemia.
*The prevalence of beta-thalassemia carrier is 1.5% of the world population.<ref name="pmid28293406">{{cite journal| author=De Sanctis V, Kattamis C, Canatan D, Soliman AT, Elsedfy H, Karimi M et al.| title=β-Thalassemia Distribution in the Old World: an Ancient Disease Seen from a Historical Standpoint. | journal=Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis | year= 2017 | volume= 9 | issue= 1 | pages= e2017018 | pmid=28293406 | doi=10.4084/MJHID.2017.018 | pmc=5333734 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28293406  }} </ref>


===Incident===
*Recent studies suggest that around 23000 infants with beta-thalassemia major are born every year.<ref name="pmid28293406">{{cite journal| author=De Sanctis V, Kattamis C, Canatan D, Soliman AT, Elsedfy H, Karimi M et al.| title=β-Thalassemia Distribution in the Old World: an Ancient Disease Seen from a Historical Standpoint. | journal=Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis | year= 2017 | volume= 9 | issue= 1 | pages= e2017018 | pmid=28293406 | doi=10.4084/MJHID.2017.018 | pmc=5333734 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28293406  }} </ref>


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maryam Hadipour, M.D.[2]

Overview

Epidemiology and Demographics

Prevalence

There are insufficient data about the exact prevalence of beta-thalassemia.

  • The prevalence of beta-thalassemia carrier is 1.5% of the world population.[1]

Incident

  • Recent studies suggest that around 23000 infants with beta-thalassemia major are born every year.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 De Sanctis V, Kattamis C, Canatan D, Soliman AT, Elsedfy H, Karimi M; et al. (2017). "β-Thalassemia Distribution in the Old World: an Ancient Disease Seen from a Historical Standpoint". Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 9 (1): e2017018. doi:10.4084/MJHID.2017.018. PMC 5333734. PMID 28293406.


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