Table 2.

Geographic country groupings (constructed to study differential HEXA allele carrier frequencies by region of grandparents’ birthplace)

Country groupings	Member countries (for purposes of this table)
Western Europe	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland/Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
North Eastern Europe	Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Siberia
South Eastern Europe	Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Yugoslavia
UK	England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, UK (unspecified)
Southern Africa	Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
North Africa and the Middle East	Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, Middle East (unspecified)
Australia/New Zealand	Australia, New Zealand
Israel/Palestine	Israel, Palestine
Other countries	Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Fiji, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Uzbekistan, West Indies
Unknown	Unknown, entry blank