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Sickle
Cell Facts
Estimated
Occurrence
| County | *Total
Population |
SS
1/500 |
SC
1/800 |
CC
1/6000 |
AS
1/12 |
AC
1/40 |
Total "At Risk" |
| Autauga | 8,740 |
17 |
11 |
1 |
726 |
219 |
976 |
| Butler | 8,893 |
18 |
11 |
1 |
741 |
222 |
993 |
| Chambers | 14,493 |
29 |
18 |
2 |
1,208 |
362 |
1,619 |
| Coffee | 10,535 |
21 |
13 |
2 |
879 |
263 |
1,178 |
| Crenshaw | 3,565 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
297 |
89 |
398 |
| Elmore | 15,794 |
32 |
20 |
3 |
1,316 |
395 |
1,766 |
| Lowndes | 10,062 |
20 |
13 |
2 |
839 |
252 |
1,126 |
| Montgomery | 119,181 |
238 |
238 |
20 |
9,932 |
2,980 |
13,319 |
| Tallapoosa | 11,121 |
22 |
14 |
2 |
927 |
278 |
1,243 |
| Total
at Risk |
22,618 |
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*According
to Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, 2000
| Sickle Cell Disease | Trait Carriers |
| SS = Sickle Cell Anemia | AS = Sickle Cell Trait |
| SC = Sickle Cell Hemoglobin C Disease | AC = Hemoglobin C Trait |
CC = Hemoglobin C Disease |
*1 in 200 Caucasians have the Sickle Cell Trait
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