Defining Sickle Cell Disease Mortality Using a Population-based Surveillance System, 2004 Through 2008

Defining Sickle Cell Disease Mortality Using a Population-based Surveillance System, 2004 Through 2008

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.

Proposed citation: Paulukonis, S., Eckman, J., Snyder, A., Hagar, W., Feuchtbaum, L., Zhou, M., … Hulihan, M. (2016). Defining sickle cell disease mortality using a population-based surveillance system, 2004 through 2008. Public Health Reports, 131(2), 367-375. DOI: 10.1177/003335491613100221.