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Estimated global prevalence of recessively-inherited fibrinogen deficiencies by ethnicity.
| Population | Prevalence in 106 Individuals |
|---|---|
| All | 10.54 |
| Africans and African Americans | 7.44 |
| Admixed Americans | 5.35 |
| Ashkenazi Jewish | 1.64 |
| East Asians | 1.05 |
| Finnish | 2.42 |
| Europeans (not Finnish) | 24.5 |
| South Asians | 2.98 |
| Other ethnicities | 10.78 |
Carrier rates calculated for the three fibrinogen genes (Table 2) were summed to estimate global carrier rates in different populations.
