Sickle Cell Data Collection Program Brief : Hospital Encounters Among Adults Living With Sickle Cell Disease in Georgia 2012-2016

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Sickle Cell Data Collection Program Brief : Hospital Encounters Among Adults Living With Sickle Cell Disease in Georgia 2012-2016

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August 2020
By National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Sickle Cell Data Collection Program.

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English

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Corporate Authors:

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Sickle Cell Data Collection Program.
Description:

The Georgia Sickle Cell Data Collection Program (SCDC) identified 5,405 adults living with sickle cell disease in Georgia from 2012 through 2016. Adults with sickle cell disease live in almost every county throughout Georgia.

Nearly nine in 10 (88%) of the identified adults with SCD had at least one hospital or emergency department encounter during the five-year period.
Subjects:

Anemia, Sickle Cell Hospitalization
Document Type:

Pamphlet (or booklet)
Genre:

Fact Sheet
Place as Subject:

Georgia
Pages in Document:

3 unnumbered pages
Collection(s):

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:f28f30245b2aa48bf52975a68b2fca7b60031e3c775c9c31452c632804216fe6
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/133117/cdc_133117_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 555.82 KB ]

File Language:

English

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