ANEMIA AROUND THE GLOBAL

ANEMIA AROUND THE GLOBAL!

• The prevalence of anemia in Canada and northern Europe is believed to be similar to that in the United States.

• In underprivileged countries, the prevalence of anemia to be 2-5 times greater than that in the United States. 
•  Populations with little meat in the diet have a high incidence of iron deficiency anemia, because heme iron is better absorbed from food than inorganic iron.
• Sickle cell disease is common in regions of Africa, India, Saudi Arabia, and the Mediterranean basin. 
• The thalassemias are the most common genetic blood diseases and are found in Southeast Asia and in areas where sickle cell disease is common.
• G-6-PD deficiency and thalassemia have less morbidity in African Americans than in Sicilians because of differences in the genetic fault. Conversely, sickle cell anemia has greater morbidity and mortality in African Americans than in Saudi Arabians.
• Iron deficiency anemia is much more prevalent in the populations of developing nations, who tend to have little meat in their diets, than it is in populations of the United States and northern Europe.
• Anemia is twice as prevalent in females as in males.