The GCRC has prepared the following demographic data to assist you in completing the "Women and Minorities" section required in all NIH grants. Click on a disease name to see the gender and ethnic distribution (%) for cases of that disease in the U.S. and in Iowa.
Definitions of Ethnic Descriptions

AIDS
Alcoholism
Angioneurotic Edema
Anorexia Nervosa
Asthma
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Brain Tumor
Breast Cancer
Choroidal Melanoma
Colon Cancer
Congenital Hip Dysplasia
Cystic Fibrosis
Deafness
Dementia
Depression
Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia
Epilepsy
Fibromyalgia
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
Hypertension
Infants <1.5 kg
Infants <2.5 kg
Leukemia
Neural Tube Defects
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Normal Subject
Obesity
Ovarian Cancer
Prolactinomas
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Renal Failure
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sarcoidosis
Type I Diabetes Mellitus
Type II Diabetes Mellitus
   

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