Question #102340
If there are approximately 600,000 African American birthd each year in the US, what would be the frequency of risk of sickle cell births?
Expert's answer
Sickle cell desease occurs among about 1 out of every 365 African American birth.
About 1620 children would have sickle cell desease(SCD)
The frequency is 1 to 20 000 American (330 billion United States population)
References:
cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/data.html
