Thursday, February 19, 2009

How prevalent is Cystic Fibrosis in the population?

1 in every 3300 Caucasians have CF
1 in every 8000-9000 Hispanics have CF
1 in every 15,300 African-Americans have CF
1 in every 32,100 Asians have CF

1 in every 29 Caucasians have mutations
1 in every 46 Hispanics have mutations
1 in every 65 African-Americans have mutations
1 in every 90 Asians have mutations

The difference between having CF and having mutations is this: a mutation is symptoms or a carrier of CF and having CF is having all or most symptoms and the actual disease.

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