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Here is a quote from the National Instutite of Health (NIH)
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Celiac disease is the most common genetic disease in Europe. In Italy
about 1 in 250 people and in Ireland about 1 in 300 people have celiac
disease. It is rarely diagnosed in
African, Chinese, and Japanese people.   An estimated 1 in 4,700
Americans have been
diagnosed with celiac disease. Some researchers question how celiac
disease could be so uncommon in the United States since it is hereditary
and many Americans descend from European ethnic groups in whom the
disease is common. A recent study in which random blood samples from the
Red Cross were tested for celiac disease suggests that as many as 1 in
every 250 Americans may have it.


Read more about it at this web site:

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/celiac/index.htm#7


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