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Table 7 Estimated incidence from carrier frequency per ethnicity

From: Prevalence, incidence and carrier frequency of 5q–linked spinal muscular atrophy – a literature review

Ethnicity

Incidence estimate (1 in)

95% CI

Asian

8009

7382–8684

Asian Indiana

9655

4227–25,057

Black (Sub-Saharan ancestry)

18,808

12,331–29,559

Caucasian

7829

6750–9093

Hispanic

20,134

14,218–28,894

Jewish

10,000

8343–12,038

  1. Median and 95% posterior intervals of incidence estimated from carrier and disease frequencies as calculated in Table 6
  2. a) Based on results of only one study
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

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