How Many CMTers in the World?

[Guest guest]

Exactly, Kat...but where are some figures? I mean like what about the

Kosovians that were untreated until they came to the US? ~ G

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> It will be interesting to see figures anyway.

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> Kat

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[Guest guest]

I totally agree Gretchen - it is frightening especially in the 21st century.

Love

Sue

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----- Original Message -----

From: Gretchen Glick

Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 2:31 AM

Subject: Re: [] How Many CMTers in the World?

Oh Lamar, this stuns me!!!!~G Something has to be done!!!!

Lamar son wrote:

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> Gretchen,

> Lamar again

> Utilizing the median between 1 in 4000 and 1 in 2500 and therefore the

> number of 42,000 births annually, that means that a child is born with CMT

> approximately every 12 minutes.

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Lamar son

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> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 06:45 PM

> Subject: Re: [] How Many CMTers in the World?

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> Gretchen,

> Lamar here,

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> I have read numbers ranging from 1 in 4000 to 1 in 2500 people with 1 out

> of 2500 being the figure most commonly seen. Today's estimated world

> population according to http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw is

> 6,165,177,452 which would give at least 1,541,294 to 2,466,070 with CMT.

> There are approximately 131,571,719 people born every year which means

> approximately 33,000 to 52,600 births with CMT. The net population gain

> (counting births - deaths) is 76,570,430 (2001 estimate) meaning that this

> year will see an increase in the number of cases of CMT of approximately

> 19,142 to 30,628 increase in the total number of cases per year. It would

> probably be safe to say that there are about 2 million people with CMT in

> the world, that about 42,000 are born annually with CMT, and that the

> total

> number of people with CMT is increasing by about 25,000 a year. Of course

> this is utilizing the figures that have been calculated by others which I

> quoted.

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Gretchen Glick

> ers at groups

> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 06:02 PM

> Subject: [] How Many CMTers in the World?

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> Does anyone know or have you ever seen a 'number' estimated for the

> number of people with CMT in the World?

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> ~Gretchen

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