There were approximately 5,100 people with SCD living in California in 2004-2008: •• 14% younger than 6 years •• 25% 6-17 years •• 22% 18-29 years •• 28% 30-50 years •• 11% 51 years and older There were 486 babies born with SCD in California in 2004-2008: •• 89% were Black, African-American •• 8% were Hispanic, Hispanic-American •• 5% were Other Note: There is overlap between the race and ethnicity categories. SCD affects all races and ethnic groups. In California, SCD occurs among approximately 1 out of every •• 5,644 live births •• 452 Black, African- American, live births •• 35,454 Hispanic- American live births CS244357_B

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