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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