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Offshoot of that article, found it interesting:

is a rare disease, with about 600 to 900 new diagnoses each year in the U.S. (2 to 3 people per million). Aplastic anemia is two to three times more common in Asian countries than in the U.S. and Europe, with about 6,000 to 7,000 new diagnoses reported annually worldwide.
is not contagious. You cannot "catch" aplastic anemia from exposure to someone with the disease.
is rarely hereditary. In almost all cases you cannot inherit it from your parents or pass it on to your children.
can appear at any age but is most commonly diagnosed in children aged 2-5 years, young adults aged 20-25 years, and adults aged 55-60 years.
is more common among Asian-Americans than other ethnic groups in the U.S.
can be treated in many ways but can be cured only with a bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant.

http://www.marrowforums.org/aa.html