Hemophilia refers to a group of rare hereditary disorders of

Last updated: 4/30/2023

Hemophilia refers to a group of rare hereditary disorders of blood coagulation Because the disorder is caused by defective genes on the X chromosome hemophilia affects primarily men According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC the prevalence of hemophilia the number in the population with hemophilia at any given time among American males is 13 in 100 000 What does this mean The prevalence of 13 in 100 000 means that if you repeatedly sampled 100 000 males on average you would have 13 individuals with diagnosed with hemophilia per sample For one random sample of 100 000 males you hemophilia