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Table 1
Australia Antigen in Non- Hogpitalized Populations
(from Blumberg et al,
47)
Population
AMERICAS
Eskimos
Indians, Athabascan
Indians, Cashinahua
Indians, Haida
Indians, Mexico
Indians, Quechua
Indians, Sioux
Negros
Whites
. AFRICA
Pare
Tristan da Cunha
Ghanese
ASTA
Japanese
Chinese
Taiwanese
Israelis
Jordanese
Filipinos
Filipinos
Vietnamese
EUROPE
Finns
Lapps & Finnlapps
Italians
Greeks
Portugese
Location
Alaska, U.S.A.
Alaska, U.S.A.
Peru
Canada
Mexico
Peru
S. Dakota, U.S.A.
394
204
89
338
252
102
130
607
896
Tanzania
120
42
95
Ga., Md., U.S.A.
Ga., Md., U.S.A.
Tristan da Cunha
Ghana
Osaka, Japan
U.S.A., Taiwan
Taiwan
Israel
Jordan
Cebu, P.I.
Manila, P.I.
Vietnam
Maoris
Melanesians
Micronesians
Polynesians
Polynesians
Total
301
100
23
340
40
764
197
128
No. Pos,
% Pos.
1
0
18
0.3
0
20.2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
0
0
0
L
0.8
1
0
3
4
0
37
9
8
0.3
0
13.0
1.2
0
4.8
4.6
6.3
0
9
0
9.5
Finland
Finland
Ferara
Greece
Hawatli
924
127
101
857
1
0
0
15
1
0.1
0
0
1.8
2.2
Australia
New Zealand
New Guinea
Marshall Is.
Bora Bora
Hawaii
233
166
474
119
43
12
1
6
34
3
1
5.1
0
3.6
7.2
2.5
2.3
8,254
166
OCEANIA
Aborigines
No. Tested
44
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