1 the % is the proportion of new-borns tested for SCA. Newborns from African, West-Indies, North-Africa and M.-E.
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so for example 69% of newborns in Paris region were tested, meaning that 69% of them are from African/Arab background
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What about Italian ancestry (e.g., Zola)? Sickle cell anemia happens every so often in Sicily. And just one ancestor, right?
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theoretically, South Italians and Greeks should be tested too but this rarely the case in practice (in France at least)
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By law, the French aren't allowed to track race or creed, so here "at-risk youths screened" is euphemism for African/Arabpic.twitter.com/yIITR0HRg5
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