Table 4. [Incidence of Pompe Disease in Different Populations]. - GeneReviews®

Population	Incidence	Reference
African American	1:14,000	Hirschhorn & Reuser [2001]
Netherlands	1:40,000 combined ¹ 1:138,000 infantile onset 1:57,000 adult onset	Ausems et al [1999], Poorthuis et al [1999]
US	1:40,000 combined	Martiniuk et al [1998]
South China/Taiwan	1:50,000	Lin et al [1987]
European descent	1:100,000 infantile onset 1:60,000 late onset	Martiniuk et al [1998]
Australia	1:145,000	Meikle et al [1999]
Portugal	1:600,000	Pinto et al [2004]

Population

Incidence

Reference

African American

1:14,000

Hirschhorn & Reuser [2001]

Netherlands

1:40,000 combined ¹
1:138,000 infantile onset
1:57,000 adult onset

Ausems et al [1999], Poorthuis et al [1999]

1:40,000 combined

Martiniuk et al [1998]

South China/Taiwan

1:50,000

Lin et al [1987]

European descent

1:100,000 infantile onset
1:60,000 late onset

Martiniuk et al [1998]

Australia

1:145,000

Meikle et al [1999]

Portugal

1:600,000

Pinto et al [2004]

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