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Populations » Population Breakdowns

Summary

To summarise all population studies stored in the Allele Frequency Net Database we have classified populations grouped by Ethnic Groups (a) and Geographic Regions (b). Additionaly, distribution of populations according to sample size and number of individuals tested are shown below (c).

a) Ethnic Groups

Ethnic Origin	HLA	KIR	Cytokines	Total
left blank	6	0	0	6
left blank	6	0	0	6
Amerindian	133	20	2	155
Arab	54	11	4	69
Asian	73	26	7	106
Aust. Aboriginal	5	1	0	6
Austronesian	26	4	6	36
Berber	2	0	0	2
Black	101	31	10	142
Caucasoid	335	89	61	485
Guanche	1	0	0	1
Hispanic	12	4	5	21
Jew	27	2	1	30
Kurd	8	0	0	8
Melanesian	29	6	0	35
Mestizo	31	11	3	45
Micronesian	2	0	0	2
Mixed	162	19	5	186
Mixed ancestry	1	0	0	1
Oriental	227	55	15	297
Other	17	4	0	21
Persian	12	5	6	23
Polynesian	22	4	0	26
Siberian	23	1	0	24
Unknown	10	0	0	10
Unspecified	2	0	0	2
Total	1327	293	125	1745

									Ame				Ara				Asi				Aus				Aus				Ber				Bla				Cau				Gua				His				Jew

	Kur				Mel				Mes				Mic				Mix				Mix				Ori				Oth				Per				Pol				Sib				Unk				Uns

HLA

KIR

Cytokines

b) Geographic Regions

Region	HLA	KIR	Cytokines	Total
	0	0	0	0
Australia	8	3	0	11
Central Asia	0	1	0	1
Europe	284	59	46	389
North Africa	29	2	1	32
North America	209	32	24	265
North-East Asia	100	14	4	118
Oceania	64	13	0	77
South and Central America	201	45	9	255
South Asia	69	21	4	94
South-East Asia	195	48	21	264
Sub-Saharan Africa	68	29	3	100
Western Asia	94	26	13	133
Total	1321	293	125	1739

					Aus				Cen				Eur				Nor				Nor				Nor				Oce				Sou				Sou				Sou				Sub				Wes

HLA

KIR

Cytokines

c) Distribution by Sample Size

MIC

Sample Size	Number of Populations	Individuals
10-50	13	452
51-100	15	1,238
101-500	35	6,713
501-1000	1	503
1001-5000	0	0
> 5000	0	0
Totals	64	8,906

Cytokine

Sample Size	Number of Populations	Individuals
10-50	25	911
51-100	34	2,788
101-500	60	10,021
501-1000	4	2,658
1001-5000	2	3,577
> 5000	0	0
Totals	125	19,955

KIR

Sample Size	Number of Populations	Individuals
10-50	51	2,188
51-100	104	8,252
101-500	131	22,964
501-1000	6	3,858
1001-5000	2	2,465
> 5000	0	0
Totals	293	38,727

HLA

Sample Size	Number of Populations	Individuals
10-50	263	9,163
51-100	336	26,014
101-500	444	87,161
501-1000	65	47,170
1001-5000	113	253,894
> 5000	105	13,778,566
Totals	1,324	14,196,968

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Gonzalez-Galarza FF, McCabe A, Santos EJ, Jones J, Takeshita LY, Ortega-Rivera ND, Del Cid-Pavon GM, Ramsbottom K, Ghattaoraya GS, Alfirevic A, Middleton D and Jones AR Nucleic Acid Research 2020, 48:D783-8.
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