Incidence of homozygous beta-thalassaemia in New South Wales, 1961-1976.
A case-finding survey yielded 58 persons with transfusion-dependent homozygous beta-thalassaemia who lived either in New South Wales or in the Australian Capital Territory. Of those born between 1961 and 1976 in New South Wales, nearly 70% were of Greek or Greek-Cypriot origin and 18% of Italian origin. The New South Wales incidence rates for homozygous beta-thalassaemia were estimated as follows: one in 934 births, Greek origin; one in 264 births, Cypriot origin and one in 3441 births, Italian origin.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D001719:Birth Certificates; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D003535:Cyprus / Q000208:ethnology; D003644:Death Certificates; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000208:ethnology; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000208:ethnology; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality