Table 1.
The numbers of Lynch syndrome families included in the current analysis by gene and continent
| Region | MLH1 | MSH2 | MSH6 | PMS2 | Total |
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| Europe | 1049 | 1245 | 392 | 154 | 2840 |
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| Denmark | 66 | 135 | 86 | 17 | 304 |
| Finland | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| France | 244 | 254 | 32 | 0 | 530 |
| Germany | 421 | 517 | 89 | 44 | 1071 |
| Italy | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Norway | 15 | 44 | 31 | 11 | 101 |
| Poland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Spain | 118 | 73 | 49 | 16 | 256 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| The Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 36 | 46 | 82 |
| United Kingdom | 159 | 206 | 64 | 20 | 449 |
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| North America | 526 | 637 | 242 | 199 | 1604 |
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| Canada | 69 | 77 | 16 | 11 | 173 |
| USA | 457 | 560 | 226 | 188 | 1431 |
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| Australasia | 254 | 297 | 164 | 96 | 811 |
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| Australia | 244 | 289 | 159 | 94 | 786 |
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| New Zealand | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
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| Total | 1829 | 2179 | 798 | 449 | 5255 |
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Note: These are the number of families provided for this analysis and do not represent the numbers of families known in each of the countries.