CCBD: Sickle Cell Population
The pediatric sickle program at Children's and UT Southwestern is one of the nation's largest, with more than 600 active patients under the age of 18. Dallas has a large African-American population (24 percent of the total population of 1.23 million in the 2006 census), and the population within the large rural area of East Texas, which our program serves, also includes many African Americans. Statistics about the children we care for are shown below.
| Patient Registry 1977-2008 | New Patients 2008 |
| Database population | 1881 | 71 |
| Sickle cell anemia | 1102 | 48 |
| Sickle hemaglobin C disease | 507 | 17 |
| Sickle beta zero thalassemia | 39 | 1 |
| Sickle beta plus thalassemia | 162 | 0 |
| Sickle cell – hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin | 21 | 0 |
| Other hemoglobinopathies | 50 | 5 |
| 2007 Patient Statistics |
| Active patients | 659 |
| Ambulatory visits | 1098 |
| Inpatient admissions | 315 |
