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What is the rate of occurence for color blindness?
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8 %: Color blindness is an inherited deficiency in color recognition which occurs in about 7.5% of males and 1/2% of females. There are some variations in different racial and country groups. It is generally not functionally a problem except for certain occupational groups such as fruit graders, painters, etc.
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