By David A. Swanson (dswanson@ucr.edu), Dickson Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California Riverside and Regional Affiliate, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington
Sickle cell disease is a genetically-inherited, painful, crippling, life-threatening condition affecting at many as 100,000 people in the United States. Despite the prevalence of sickle cell disease, little is known about the life expectancy of people who suffer from it.
Using mortality data generated in a population-based surveillance study of patients with sickle cell disease over the period 2004-2008, I created a life table for the ...