MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The disease occurs in 1 in 2, 500 to 3, 500 white newborns. Cystic fibrosis is less common in other ethnic groups, affecting about 1 in 17, 000 African Americans and 1 in 31, 000 Asian Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are close to 40, 000 children and adults living with cystic fibrosis in the United States (and an estimated 105, 000 people have been diagnosed with CF across 94 countries). Approximately 1, 000 new cases of CF are diagnosed each year. More than 75 percent of people with CF are diagnosed by age 2.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 However, CF is quite rare in Asian populations, and an epidemiological study of the Japanese population found the incidence of CF to be about 1 in 350, 000.