Americans living with sickle cell disease
100,000
people, US
“Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 100,000 Americans.”
NIH MedlinePlus Genetics, Sickle cell disease (Frequency), 2024-03
- Kind of source
- Registry or statistics office
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- Rounded estimate by the NIH; the page also puts it at 1 in 500 African Americans and 1 in 1,000 to 1,400 Hispanic Americans.
- About
- Sickle cell disease
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Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.