Gaucher's disease epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

Prevalence

The National Gaucher Foundation states that around 1 in 100 people in the general U.S. population is a carrier for type 1 Gaucher’s disease, giving a prevalence of 2.5 in 100,000: the rate of carriers is considerably higher, at roughly 1 in 15, among Ashkenazi Jews.^[1]

Race

Type 2 Gaucher’s disease shows no particular preference for any ethnic group.
Type 3 Gaucher’s disease is especially common in the population of the Northern Swedish region of Norrbotten where the incidence of the disease is 1 in 50.000.

References

Overview