Sickle Cell Disease in Michigan

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)‏. Division of Blood Disorders.
• Description:
  There were ; approximately 1,392 ; people diagnosed with ; SCD through Michigan’s ; Newborn Screening ; Program from October ; 1987 through December ; 2008. As of 2008: ; •• 18% younger than ; 5 years ; •• 48% 5-14 years ; •• 34% 15-21 years ; From 2004-2008, there ; were 251 babies with ; SCD born in Michigan: ; •• 96% Black or ; African-American ; •• 13% were underweight ; at birth ; (<2,500g) ; •• The education level ; for the mothers of ; these babies was: ; οο 26% <12th grade ; οο 36% High school ; diploma or GED ; equivalent ; οο 38% > High school ; •• SCD occurs among ; approximately 1 out ; of every 2,496 births ; of every 467 African- ; American births ; CS238867_E ; Publication date retrieved from document properties
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• Subjects:
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51962/cdc_51962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 321.39 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:69e4229b70767af2a70c47c47380d02d887e40a212c75cd5f22cdd9c0856b14275aeff3dfbf07b3817ce3a49d712f13635abfcd7f0f2c288bf07966f4836cf25