Table 1.

Estimated prevalence of disabled individuals affected by acquired and inherited neuromuscular diseases (NMD) in sampled communities from the state of Paraiba, Brazil

Communities	Inhabitants	F a	Estimated		Prevalence
			NMD		NMD
			n	Frequency	×100.000
Bernardino Batista	3,067	0.00939	2	0.000652	65
Jericó	7,535	0.00567	9	0.001194	119
Lagoa	4,681	0.01182	6	0.001282	128
Poço Dantas	3,752	0.00663	4	0.001066	107
Santa Cruz	6,471	0.00947	5	0.000773	77
São Francisco	3,364	0.00806	2	0.000595	59
Vieirópolis	5,045	0.0079	10	0.001982	198
Uiraúna	14,584	0.00724	1	0.000069	7
Total	48,499		39	0.000804	80

^aInbreeding coefficient of populations