CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE IN EUROPE
Region/country Location/ community Collection period Study population Sample size Consanguinity(%) Consanguinity types Coefficient of inbreeding (a) Reference DOI/PMID/URL
East Europe                  
Czechoslovakia All Czechoslovakia 1961/64 Obstetric inpatients 19726 0.2 >1C,1C,<1C - Stevenson et al. (1966) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/263362
                   
Hungary All-Hungary 1946 Civil registration 98662 0.1 UN,AN,1C 0.0001 Czeilel et al. (1976) DOI: 10.1159/000152790
  Budapest 1971 Obstetric inpatients 2130 0.5 1C,2C 0.0002 Czeizel et al. (1976) DOI: 10.1159/000152790
  Pecs and Szombathely 1971 Obstetric inpatients 1061 0.8 1C,2C 0.0003 Czeizel et al. (1976) DOI: 10.1159/000152790
  Nyiregyhaza  1971 Obstetric inpatients 2038 0.5 1C,2C 0.0002 Czeizel et al. (1976) DOI: 10.1159/000152790
  All-Hungary 1971 Obstetric inpatients 5229 0.5 1C,2C 0.0002 Czeilel et al. (1976) DOI: 10.1159/000152790
                   
North Europe                  
Great Britain London 1950/51 Paediatric outpatients 5217 0.4 1C 0.0003 Pugh & Carter (unpublished, cited in Coleman 1980) DOI: 10.1159/000153144
  Reading 1972/73 Household survey 946 0.4 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0002 Coleman (1980) DOI: 10.1159/000153144
  Birmingham 1986/87 Obstetric Inpatients 2431 0.2 1C,2C 0.0001 Bundey et al. (1990) DOI: 10.1136/jech.44.2.130
  Bradford 2007/10 Antenatal clinic 4488 0.04 1C,11/2C,2C 0.00003 Bhopal et al. (2014) DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt166
                   
Ireland, Northern Londonderry 1954 Household survey 1612 0.9 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0008 Kilpatrick et al. (1955) PMCID: PMC2480254
  Belfast 1957 Obstetric outpatients 8380 0.4 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0001 Stevenson & Warnock (1959) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1959.tb01481.x
  All-N. Ireland 1959/68 RC dispensation 41528 0.4 UN,D1C,1C, 11/2C,2C 0.0001 Masterson (1970) DOI: 10.1159/000152333 
                   
Ireland, Republic All-Irish Republic 1959/68 RC dispensation 149029 0.5 UN,D1C,1C, 11/2C,D2C,2C 0.0002 Masterson (1970) DOI: 10.1159/000152333 
                   
Norway All-Norway 1967/72 Civil registration 401671 0.6 UN,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0002 Saugstad (1977) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1977.tb01865.x
  All-Norway 1967/81 Civil registration 893941 0.7 1C,2C 0.0002 Magnus et al. (1985) DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1985.tb00407.x
  All-Norway 1967/93 Civil registration 1431055 0.1 >1C,1C 0.0001 Stoltenberg et al. (1998) DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009670
  All-Norway 1995/10 Civil registration 712430 <0.01 >1C,1C <0.0001 Sørbye et al. (2014) DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12303 
                   
Sweden North, Pajala 1947 Parish records 843 0.01 1C 0.0006 Böök (1948)  
  All-Sweden 1946/50 Pregnancy termination 15802 0.6 1C,2C 0.0003 Romanus (1953) DOI: 10.1159/000150749 
                   
South Europe                  
Croatia Zagreb 1961/4 Obstetric Inpatients 8309 0.1 >1C,1C,<1C - Stevenson et al. (1966) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/263362
                   
Italy Florence 1939/58 RC dispensation 50028 1.1 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0005 Bigozzi et al. (1970) PMID: 5512528
  All-Italy - RC dispensation - 1.1 1C,2C 0.0005 Romeo et al. (1981)  
  All-Italy 1953 Civil registration 340693 0.5 UN,AN,1C, 0.0004 Fraccaro (1957) DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1957.9987307
  Upper Bologna Appennine 1950/80 RC dispensation 5340 1.6 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0004 Pettener (1985) PMID: 3888814
                   
Portugal All-Portugal 1952/5 Civil registration 276800 1.5 UN,1C 0.0009 Freire-Maia (1957) DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1957.9987319
  Azores Islands 1979/85 RC dispensation 12456 2.9 >1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0011 Da Cunha (1986-87)  
                   
Slovenia Ljubljana 1961/4 Obstetric inpatients 8712 0.6 >1C,1C,<1C - Stevenson et al. (1966) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/263362
                   
Spain All-Spain 1940/3 RC dispensation - 4.1 UN,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0014 Pinto-Cisternas et al. (1979)  
  Madrid 1961/4 Obstetric inpatients 19365 1.1 >1C,1C,<1C - Stevenson et al. (1966) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/263362
  Mondonedo 1922/64 RC dispensation - 2.6 1C,2C 0.0022 Valls (1967) DOI: 10.1159/000152058
  Leon 1958/68 RC dispensation 16656 2.8 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0007 Gomez Gomez(1989) DOI: 10.1007/BF02442872
  Majorca 1930/62 RC dispensation 39184 2.5 1C,11/2C,2C 0.001 Valls (1969) PMID: 5356506
  Menorca 1943/64 RC dispensation 2084 2.9 1C,11/2C,2C 0.001 Valls (1969) PMID: 5356506
  Ibiza 1941/63 RC dispensation 4042 5.4 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0019 Valls (1969) PMID: 5356506
  Formentera 1941/63 RC dispensation 498 7.8 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0026 Valls (1969) PMID: 5356506
  Alava Province, Basque country 1951/80 RC dispensation 38965 1.2 UN,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0003 Calderón et al. (1993) PMID: 8262504
  Vitoria, Basque country 1951/80 RC dispensation 27265 0.6 UN,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0002 Calderón et al. (1993) PMID: 8262504
  Alava, Basque country 1951/80 RC dispensation 11700 2.5 UN,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0006 Calderón et al. (1998) PMID: 9599944
  Sigüenza- Guadalajara 1951/80 RC dispensation 5315 12.6 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0029 Calderón et al. (1998) PMID: 9599944
  Santiago de Compostela, Galicia 1970/79 RC dispensation 48984 1.5 UN,1C,11/2C 0.0005 Varela et al. (1997) PMID: 9198311
  Los Nogales, Galicia 1960/71 RC dispensation 156 3.8 1C,2C 0.0015 Fuster (2003) DOI: 10.1017/s002193200300083x
  La Cabrera, Galicia 1970/89 RC dispensation 325 2.5 1C,2C 0.0007 Blanco Villegas et al. (2004) DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0039
                   
West Europe                  
Belgium All-Belgium 1950/59 RC dispensation 605849 1 UN,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0003 Twiesselmann et al. (1962) DOI: 10.2307/1527067
                   
France Loire Valley 1944/53 RC dispensation 19861 0.7 1C,11/2C,2C 0.001 Sutter & Tabah(1954) DOI: 10.2307/1524555
  Brittany 1951/3 RC dispensation 13000 1.2 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0005 Sutter & Tabah (1954) DOI: 10.2307/1524555
  All-France 1946/58 RC dispensation 510000 0.8 UN,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0002 Sutter & Goux(1964) DOI: 10.2307/1526249
                   
Netherlands All-Holland 1948/53 Civil registration 351085 0.2 UN,1C 0.0001 Freire-Maia (1957) DOI+J2:J68: 10.1080/19485565.1957.9987319