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Even .24% isn't that rare. From NIH.gov: "In the United States, a rare disease is defined as a condition that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the US."
by golem14 5y ago
Even .24% isn't that rare.
From NIH.gov:
"In the United States, a rare disease is defined as a condition that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the US."
- ianai 5y agoThat works out to 6.0341E-06%
- eMSF 5y agoA condition which would affect 6e-6%, or 0.000006% of the US population (330M) would affect 20 persons. 200000/330M = 0.0006 = 0.06%.
- ccalloway 5y agoThe deformity in the general population affects 0.24% of male babies, so 0.12% of the population.
- InitialLastName 5y agoGGP is still 4 orders of magnitude off.