Table 3.
Prevalence of APS-1 in the Italian population overall and in different Italian geographic regions or macro-areas
| Geographical origin of APS-1 patients | Italian population [62] | Number of Italian patients with APS-1 | Prevalence of patients/million inhabitants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy (total cases) | 60,589,085 | 158 | 2.6 |
| Sardinia | 1,653,135 | 28 | 17.0 |
| North-East Italy | 7,188,201 | 28 | 3.9 |
| Veneto | 4,907,529 | 24 | 4.9 |
| Trentino-Alto Adige | 1,062,860 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Friuli Venezia Giulia | 1,217,872 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Sicily | 5,056,641 | 20 | 3.9 |
| Apulia | 4,063,888 | 15 | 3.7 |
| Campania | 5,839,084 | 15 | 2.6 |
| South Italy | 2,535,493 | 8 | 3.2 |
| Calabria | 1,965,128 | 7 | 3.6 |
| Basilicata | 570,365 | 1 | 1.8 |
| North-West Italy | 15,976,639 | 14 | 0.9 |
| Lombardy | 10,018,806 | 6 | 0.6 |
| Piedmont | 4,392,526 | 7 | 1.6 |
| Liguria | 1,565,307 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Central Italy | 15,627,457 | 13 | 0.8 |
| Lazio | 5,898,124 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 4,448,841 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Tuscany | 3,742,437 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Marche | 1,538,055 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Patients with parents originating from 2 regions | 8 | n.d | |
| Patients with parents of unspecified regional origin | 9 | n.d |
Data on populations were taken from http://www.comuni-italiani.it/regionip.html [62]
n.d. not determined