Defining Sickle Cell Disease Mortality Using a Population-Based Surveillance System, 2004 through 2008

Susan T. Paulukonis
James R. Eckman
Angela B. Snyder
Ward Hagar

To learn more about the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and GHPC, visit https://aysps.gsu.edu/ and https://ghpc.gsu.edu

Abstract

Population-based surveillance data from California and Georgia for years 2004 through 2008 were linked to state death record files to determine the all-cause death rate among 12,143 patients identified with sickle cell disease (SCD).