Low frequency of SLC26A4 c.919-2A > G variant among patients with nonsyndromic hearing loss in Yunnan of Southwest China

Table 1 The demography and the patients with NSHL in nine areas of Yunnan

Name of geographical area	Area (square km)^a	General population (ten thousand)^a	ethnic minority population (ten thousand)^a	Participants with NSHL
China	9,634,057	13,700	904.2
Yunnan	394,100	4596.6	1533.7
Kunming	21,473	643.2	88.76	89
Baoshan	19,600	250.6	27.32	176
Dehong	11,173	121.1	55.46	89
Dali	29,459	345.6	182.13	121
Honghe	32,931	450.1	276.81	243
Lijiang	20,600	124.5	70.22	49
Lincang	24,469	243.0	92.10	139
Nvjiang	14,703	53.4	46.83	58
Pu`er	44,221	254.3	155.63	203

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