Prevalence of inherited ichthyosis in France: a study using capture-recapture method

Table 4 Estimated number of patients and estimated prevalence by area

Area	Numbers of recorded patients	Estimated number of patients^b	95% CI	Population (number of residents)^c	Estimated prevalence^d	95% CI
Aquitaine	14	30	[19–58]	3 177 625	9.4	[6.0–18.3]
Pays de Loire	20	35	[26–60]	3 510 170	10.0	[7.4–17.1]
Midi-Pyrénées	54	60	[56–77]	2 838 228	21.1	[19.7–27.1]
PACA	28	66	[41–134]	4 882 913	13.5	[8.4–27.4]
4 pooled areas^a	116	191	[157–253]	14 408 936	13.3	[10.9–17.6]

^aData from Bourgogne were not taken into account in this analysis.
^bEstimation obtained from the best log-linear model (independent sources model with three covariates effects).
^cProvided by the French 2008 census.
^dPer million people.

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