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Sickle-Cell Anemia — High Prevalence and Low Priority

1970; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 282; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm197001152820312

1533-4406

Robert B. Scott,

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders

IN the United States sickle-cell anemia occurs in about one of 500 Negro births and causes progressive disability and shortened life expectancy. Despite its prevalence it is little known by the general public. In a recent survey in Richmond, Virginia, only three of 10 adult Negroes had heard of sickle-cell anemia.1 Yet sickle-cell anemia is more prevalent among Negroes than many highly publicized disorders of children such as cystic fibrosis,2 childhood leukemia3 and phenylketonuria,4 which are principally recognized in white children. In any city with 30 per cent Negro population, more than twice as many children are born with sickle-cell . . .