Disease | Death Rate Estimate | US deaths estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Autosomal Recessive Genetic Diseases | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Alpers Syndrome | N/A | N/A | rare |
| Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease | N/A | N/A | estimated 1 per 20,000 - 40,000 people suffer from the autosomal recessive type of polycystic kidney disease, Genetics Home Reference website |
| Cystic Fibrosis | approx 1 in 31,000 or 0.00% or 8,774 people in USA | 1 per 31,000 Asian American newborns suffer from cystic fibrosis in the US, genetics Home Reference website | 1 per 31,000 Asian American newborns suffer from cystic fibrosis in the US, genetics Home Reference website |
| Sickle Cell Anemia | approx 1 in 1,000 or 0.10% or 272,000 people in USA | estimated 1 per 1,000 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell disease in the US, Genetics Home Reference website | estimated 1 per 1,000 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell disease in the US, Genetics Home Reference website |
| Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Spinal Muscular Atrophy type II | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Spinal Muscular Atrophy type III | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Tay Sachs | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Thalassemia | approx 1 in 272,000 or 0.00% or 1,000 people in USA | 1,000 people with Cooley's anemia (NHLBI) | 1,000 people with Cooley's anemia (NHLBI) |
| Usher Syndrome | N/A | N/A | 16,000 Americans |
| X-linked Recessive Genetic Diseases | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Becker Muscular Dystrophy | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Deuteranopia | N/A | N/A | about 1% of white males |
| Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Fragile-X Syndrome | N/A | N/A | approximately 1 per 8,000 females suffer from fragile X syndrome, Genetics Home Reference website |
| Hemophilia | approx 1 in 13,600 or 0.01% or 20,000 people in USA | 20,000 people in the United States (NHLBI) | 20,000 people in the United States (NHLBI) |
| Progressive Spinobulbar muscular atrophy | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Protanopia | N/A | N/A | about 1% of white males |
| Red-green color blindness | N/A | N/A | about 10% of males |
| Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome | N/A | N/A | No information |
| X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia | N/A | N/A | 1-in-100,000 |
For more information about types of Recessive Genetic Diseases, refer to our section on types of Recessive Genetic Diseases. See also more information on death information for Recessive Genetic Diseases.
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