Table 3.
Prevalence of inborn errors of metabolism in the ethnic groups.
| Ethnicity | n | Number of people in Denmarka | Illness per 10,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistani | 7 | 10,775 | 6.5 |
| Arab | 8 | 10,446 | 7.65 |
| Turkish | 10 | 30,101 | 3.32 |
| Afghan | 5 | 4695 | 10.64 |
| Total | 30 | 56,017 | 5.35 |
| Other | 5 | 10,241 | 4.88 |
| Danish | 107 | 5,007,197 | 0.21 |
| Total | 142 | 5,073,455 | 0.28 |
Ethnic group: the patients are divided in ethnic groups based on information from the medical records concerning country of origin (mothers country of birth) and, if necessary, telephone conversations with the parents of the affected children. The patients' citizenship is unknown. Consequently, there can be a discrepancy in the information in this paper and the figures from Statistics Denmark.
Excluded: patients with no autosomal recessive disease and sibs.
Patients: only patients with an autosomal recessive disease are included, regardless of whether the degree of relationship between the parents is unknown. More than one case of disease in a sibship are counted as a single case.
Other: Iceland, Great Britain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, and Switzerland.
Source: the Danish Statistics Bureau, Statistics Denmark, April 1, 2017 (2017Q1).