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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Cystic fibrosis carrier risk by ethnic origin Group Incidence of cystic fibrosis Carrier frequency of CFTR gene mutation ΔF508, percent Caucasians 1/3300 1/25 70 Hispanics 1/8000-9000 1/46 46 Ashkenazi Jews 1/3300 1/24 30 Native Americans 1/3970 1/31 Pueblo 0 1/1500 1/20 Zuni African Americans 1/15,300 1/65 48 Asian Americans 1/32,100 1/94 30 CFTR: cystic fibrosis conductance transmembrane regulator. Adapted from data from National Institutes of Health. Genetic testing for cystic fibrosis. NIH Consensus Statement 1997; 15:1 and ACOG Committee Opinion, Update on carrier screening for cystic fibrosis, December 2005.