Aplastic anemia epidemiology and demographics

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Epidemiology and Demographics

Aplastic anemia is a rare condition with incidence of two cases per million individuals per year in Western countries with rates two to three times as high in Asia. This low incidence leads to difficulties in forming clear associations with causal factors.