Sickle Cell Disease in North Carolina: Facts for the Public

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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
  
  5,578 people with SCD
  
  living in North Carolina
  
  in 2004-2008:
  
  •• 39% younger than
  
  18 years
  
  •• 29% 18-35 years
  
  •• 32% 35 years
  
  and older
  
  There were 92 babies
  
  born with SCD in North
  
  Carolina in 2008:
  
  •• 95% Black or African-
  
  American
  
  •• 1% White
  
  •• 0% Asian-American
  
  •• 1% American Indian
  
  •• 3% Other/Unknown
  
  race
  
  •• 2% Hispanic-American
  
  Note: There is overlap between the
  
  race and ethnicity categories.
  
  SCD affects all races and
  
  ethnic groups. In North
  
  Carolina, SCD occurs
  
  among approximately
  
  1 out of every
  
  •• 1,435 births
  
  •• 360 Black or African
  
  American births
  
  •• 10,800 Hispanic-
  
  CS238867_F
  
  Publication date retrieved from document properties
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anemia, Sickle Cell
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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