Effect of immigration on mortality trends in sickle cell patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sickle cell patient population in the U.S. continues to increase due a combination of birth of sickle cell disease infants, extension of lifespan of existing patients and also possibly, a contributing immigration component. These factors and most importantly the latter, might be altering national estimates by both underestimating the number of affected individuals as well as underestimating the impact of public health strategies given the estimates for which there were conceived.

Methods

National sickle cell disease estimates as per Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and immigrant population trends obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau from years 2010-2017 were examined. Immigrant groups from geographical regions highly prevalent for sickle cell disease were evaluat

SUBMITTER: Cintron-Garcia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7675126 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature