Al-Gazali et al. (2003) studied and reported the pattern and birth prevalence of several types of osteochondrodysplasias in the United Arab Emirates during a 5-year period. During the study, which involved 38,048 births, only one case of Jeune syndrome was reported – in an infant born to consanguineous parents. According to the study, the birth rate of this type of osteochondrodysplasia in the United Arab Emirates was estimated to be 0.26/10,000 births.

Sawardekar (2005) conducted a study to establish the prevalence of major congenital malformations in children born during a 10-year period (1993 to 2002) at Nizwa hospital, Oman. Of the 21,988 total births, one child was diagnosed with asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy.