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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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* The National Gaucher Foundation states that around 1 in 100 people in the general U.S. population is a carrier for type 1 Gaucher's disease, giving a prevalence of | * The National Gaucher Foundation states that around 1 in 100 people in the general U.S. population is a carrier for type 1 Gaucher's disease, giving a prevalence of 2.5 in 100,000: the rate of carriers is considerably higher, at roughly 1 in 15, among Ashkenazi Jews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaucherdisease.org/prevalence.php |title=National Gaucher Foundation |accessdate=2007-05-30 |format= |work=}}</ref> | ||
==Race== | |||
* Type 2 Gaucher's disease shows no particular preference for any ethnic group. | * Type 2 Gaucher's disease shows no particular preference for any ethnic group. | ||
* Type 3 Gaucher's disease is especially common in the population of the Northern Swedish region of Norrbotten where the incidence of the disease is 1 in 50.000. | * Type 3 Gaucher's disease is especially common in the population of the Northern Swedish region of Norrbotten where the incidence of the disease is 1 in 50.000. | ||
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Overview
Prevalence
- The National Gaucher Foundation states that around 1 in 100 people in the general U.S. population is a carrier for type 1 Gaucher's disease, giving a prevalence of 2.5 in 100,000: the rate of carriers is considerably higher, at roughly 1 in 15, among Ashkenazi Jews.[1]
Race
- Type 2 Gaucher's disease shows no particular preference for any ethnic group.
- Type 3 Gaucher's disease is especially common in the population of the Northern Swedish region of Norrbotten where the incidence of the disease is 1 in 50.000.
References
- ↑ "National Gaucher Foundation". Retrieved 2007-05-30.