Table 1.

NY State Newborn Screening for sickle cell: results for Northern Manhattan (2006–2007)

	Hispanic		Black		Asian		White		Other/unknown		Total
	N	%a	N	%a	N	%a	N	%a	N	%a	N	%a
Sickle trait	419	4.8	540	11.7%	4	0.7	27	1.0	123	4.9	1,113	5.8
Sickle cell disease	7	0.1	18	0.4%	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.1	27	0.1
Total births	8,706		4,621		552		2,807		2,520		19,206

Data provided by New York State Newborn Screening Program ²

^aPercentage of total births, by ethnicity