Sickle Cell Disease in North Carolina: Facts for Providers

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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_G ; Publication date retrieved from document properties
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• Subjects:
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51966/cdc_51966_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 474.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c97195381875fa04d613f1316e2feb6944a2b6c34608e4a0b966458857fa90547bfbf6155d78ca9a55981bc7d0d5886e36433caa4bbb15edf138d744d0a0a58