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Epidemiology

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Epidemiology

  • high incidence areas for the disease include the Middle East, especially the inbred Bedouin populations of Kuwait. Here the incidence is as high as 1 in 13,500
  • incidence of BBS is also high in Newfoundland with the syndrome occurring is 1 in 16,000 individuals
  • throughout the rest of the world however, the incidence is extremely low with only one in 160,000 people being affected. (1)
  • the syndrome may also be more common in men with there being a female to male ratio of 1:1.3

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