Table 1

Australia Antigen in Non-Hospitalized Populations
(from Blumberg

Population
AMERICAS
Eskimos
Indians,
Indians,
Indians,
Indians,
Indians,
Indians,
Negros
Whites

Athabascan
Cashinahua
Haida
Mexico
Quechua
Sioux

AFRICA
Pare
Tristan da Cunha
Ghanese

ASTA
Japanese
Chinese
Taiwanese

Israelis
Jordanese
Filipinos
Filipinos
Vietnamese

EUROPE
Finns
Lapps & Finnlapps
Italians

Greeks

et al, 4 )

Location

No. Tested

No. Pos.

*% Pos.

1
0
18
0
1
0
0
0
0

0.3
0
20.2
0
0.4
0
0
0
0

Alaska, U.S.A.
Alaska, U.S.A.
Peru
Canada
Mexico
Peru
S. Dakota, U.S.A.
Ga., Md., U.S.A.
Ga., Md., U.S.A.

394
204
89
338
252
102
130
607
896

Tanzania

120

1

0.8

42
95

0
9

0
9.5

301
100

lL
0

0.3
0

Tristan da Cunha
Ghana

Osaka, Japan
U.S.A., Taiwan
Taiwan

Israel
Jordan
Cebu, P.I.
Manila, P.I.
Vietnam

340
40
764
197
128

4
0
37
9
8

3

13.0

Finland
Finland

924
127

1
0

QO.1
0

0

0

Ferara

23

101

1.2
0
4.8
4.6
6.3

Greece

857

15

1

2.2

Aborigines

Australia

233

12

5.1

Melanesians

New Guinea

166

6

3.6

Portugese

OCEANTA

Maoris

Micronesians
Polynesians
Polynesians
Total

Hawaii

New Zealand

Marshall Is.
Bora Bora
Hawaii

4d,

4

1

. 474
119
43

34
3
1

8,254

166

1.8

0

7.2
2.5
2.3
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