By the end of 2020, more than half of the babies born that year are going to be genomically sequenced as soon as they're born.

Created by themusicgod1 on 2015-12-25; known on 2024-01-01

• themusicgod1 estimated 13% on 2015-12-25
• JoshuaZ said “Worldwide or in a specific country? ” on 2015-12-25
• kuudes said “second for JoshuaZ clarification request. Didn’t Iceland already sequence the whole population?” on 2015-12-25
• Raahul_Kumar said “Cost per genome is around $1 000 USD.http://www.genome.gov/images/content/cost_per_genome_oct2015.jpg” on 2015-12-26
• Raahul_Kumar said “https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29_per_capita” on 2015-12-26
• Raahul_Kumar estimated 0% and said “If you look the world per capita income, $1 000 is a considerable chunk of their yearly income for the majority of the world’s population. ” on 2015-12-26
• PseudonymousUser estimated 2% and said “I am assuming that this prediction applies worldwide.” on 2015-12-27
• PseudonymousUser said “Also, the “known on” date should be 2021-01-01, right?” on 2015-12-27
• PlacidPlatypus estimated 1% and said “I doubt the statistics would be available immediately the day after the year ends, although three years might be a little excessive.” on 2015-12-28
• Raahul_Kumar said “I suggest editing the prediction to say OECD countries, that might actually happen.” on 2015-12-29
• PseudonymousUser said “@PlacidPlatypus, Good point.” on 2016-01-02
• b5mith estimated 5% on 2016-01-02
• Afforess estimated 0% on 2016-01-07
• themusicgod1 estimated 13% and said “Attempt 3: Yes worldwideI expect there to be issues in collecting this data by then, so I gave myself lots of time.” on 2016-01-10
• themusicgod1 estimated 11% and said “I’m starting to agree with Raahul.” on 2016-03-12
• Afforess said “Genome sequencing has not taken off – this still looks broadly incorrect.” on 2017-08-07
• PseudonymousUser estimated 2% on 2020-03-14
• NickN estimated 0% on 2020-08-19