#4 How prevalent is the disease in the population?

     Gaucher disease affects people from a range of 20,000 to 40,000 people all over the world. This disease affects every ethnic group in the world. Not just the jewish population. Ranges of new diagnosis on people raised from 57,000 to 86,000 people. Among this population the number of new cases risen was from 500 to 800. It does take genetic changes to cause gaucher disease, and of these genetic changes about 95% percent of them happen in the Jewish population. And becuase the gene for gaucher disease is located on the Autosomal chromosomes, boys and girls have the same chance of getting the disease.


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