Which diseases are exceptionally common among Amishes?
Cancers
Genetic disorders
Mental disorders
Viral infections
Since almost all Amish descend from about 200 18th-century founders, genetic disorders that come out due to inbreeding increase the mortality rate among Amish children. In contrast, cancer rates are 56 percent of the national rate.
reach: rather globalAmishesgeneticsmedicinenaturereligions
Answers by country
Cancers
Genetic disorders
Mental disorders
Viral infections
answers
Greece
30
Pakistan
79
Italy
30
Australia
58
Republic of Ireland
57
the Netherlands
39
the United States
780
the United Kingdom
293
Poland
20399
Unknown
21
Austria
136
Germany
825
Canada
80
South Africa
21
the Philippines
66
Malaysia
28
Nigeria
32
India
389
Switzerland
87
the United Arab Emirates
26