Assertion: cystic fibrosis | /r/CapableOf | affect about 30,000 people
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text: Affecting about 30,000 people in the United States and 70,000 people worldwide, cystic fibrosis is the most common lethal genetic disorder, says Mark Wylam, M.D., a pulmonologist and the director of the Mayo Clinic’s cystic fibrosis center.
text: Cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common life-shortening disease among whites in the United States, affects more than 30,000 people in the United States and 80,000 people worldwide.1 CF occurs in about 1 out of 3,500 births per year in whites and northern Europeans.