You're stat is technically close to correct, but the implication is wrong for many HN readers.

Around 68% of the global pollution have lactose malabsorbtion, but only 36% of people in the US have lactose malabsorbtion. Not everyone with lactose malabsorbtion is lactose intolerant.

> You are more likely to have lactose intolerance if you are from, or your family is from, a part of the world where lactose malabsorption is more common. In the United States, the following ethnic and racial groups are more likely to have lactose malabsorption:

> African Americans

> American Indians

> Asian Americans

> Hispanics/Latinos

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-disea...