o One in every 6,000 babies is born with SMA. Of children diagnosed before age two, 50% will die before their second birthday.
o Spinal Muscular Atrophy kills more babies than any other genetic disease.
o SMA can strike anyone of any age, race or gender.
o One in every 40 people carries the gene that causes SMA. The child of two carriers has a one in four chance of developing SMA.