Who is affected by Sickle Cell?
Sickle cell anemia is more common in certain ethnic groups, including: People of African descent, including African-Americans (among whom 1 in 12 carries a sickle cell gene) Hispanic-Americans from Central and South America. People of Middle Eastern, Asian, Indian, and Mediterranean descent.
About 100,000 individuals in the United States have Sickle Cell and about 3 million have the sickle cell trait.