Table 2.
Carrier frequencies categorized by ethnicity
| Ethnicity | Number of screened | Total carrier frequency | Carriers for one disease | Carriers for two or more diseases | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | 1 in _ | N | % | 1 in _ | N | % | 1 in _ | ||
| All | 20,952 | 5707 | 27.49 | 3.6 | 5083 | 24.44 | 4.1 | 624 | 3.05 | 32.7 |
| Li | 563 | 458 | 81.35 | 1.2 | 398 | 70.69 | 1.4 | 60 | 10.66 | 9.4 |
| Dai | 226 | 90 | 39.82 | 2.5 | 76 | 33.63 | 3.0 | 14 | 6.19 | 16.1 |
| Zhuang | 1989 | 710 | 35.70 | 2.8 | 619 | 31.12 | 3.2 | 91 | 4.58 | 21.9 |
| Yao | 144 | 42 | 29.17 | 3.4 | 33 | 22.92 | 4.4 | 9 | 6.25 | 16.0 |
| Miao | 733 | 199 | 27.15 | 3.7 | 171 | 23.33 | 4.3 | 28 | 3.82 | 26.2 |
| Buyei | 333 | 87 | 26.13 | 3.8 | 78 | 23.42 | 4.3 | 9 | 2.70 | 37.0 |
| Han | 14,233 | 3598 | 25.28 | 4.0 | 3224 | 22.65 | 4.4 | 374 | 2.63 | 38.1 |
| Dong | 643 | 154 | 23.95 | 4.2 | 140 | 21.77 | 4.6 | 14 | 2.18 | 45.9 |
| Tujia | 163 | 32 | 19.63 | 5.1 | 31 | 19.02 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.61 | 163.0 |
| Sui | 199 | 39 | 19.60 | 5.1 | 37 | 18.59 | 5.4 | 2 | 1.01 | 99.5 |
| Bai | 280 | 54 | 19.29 | 5.2 | 51 | 18.21 | 5.5 | 3 | 1.43 | 70.0 |
| Yi | 452 | 68 | 15.04 | 6.6 | 64 | 14.16 | 7.1 | 4 | 0.88 | 113.0 |
| Va | 131 | 15 | 11.45 | 8.7 | 15 | 11.45 | 8.7 | — | — | — |
| Hani | 241 | 10 | 4.15 | 24.1 | 10 | 4.15 | 24.1 | — | — | — |
| Others | 213 | 39 | 18.31 | 5.5 | 32 | 15.02 | 6.7 | 7 | 3.29 | 30.4 |
| Unknown | 409 | 112 | 27.38 | 3.7 | 104 | 25.43 | 3.9 | 8 | 1.96 | 51.1 |
Others included ethnicities from Hui, Lahu, Gelao, Blang, Mulao, Manchu, Lisu, Mongol, Jino, Tibetan, Maonan, Naxi, Chuangqing, De’ang, Pumi, Achang, Korean, Gin, Jingpo, San.
— indicates “not detected”