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Doesn't it only affect Africans?
by trallnag 3y ago
Doesn't it only affect Africans?
- defrost 3y agoThe trait is present in up to 3% of births in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. In America * About 1 in 13 black babies are born with sickle cell trait. * About 1 in every 365 black babies are born with sickle cell disease. * People who come from Hispanic, Southern European, Middle Eastern, or Asian Indian backgrounds can also have sickle cell disease. * Of the 74 817 hospitalized for sickle cell disease (2016 to 2018), 69 889 (93.4%) were Blacks, 3603 (4.8%) were Hispanics, and 1325 (1.8%) were Whites.