Table 2.

PHGDB data for haemoglobin disorders in India and the South Asia Region

India	Sickle cell disease in India	Sickle cell disease in SAR	Beta-thalassaemia in India	Beta-thalassaemia in SAR
Live birth prevalence/1000	1.02	0.73	0.24	0.43
No. of affected live births	26 451	26 805	6076	15 618
Infant mortality rate/1000 births	0.23	0.17	0.01	0.03
No. of infant deaths	6104	6252	298	935
Under-5 mortality rate/1000 births	0.29	0.21	0.1	0.23
No. of under-5 deaths	7631	7815	2683	8289

SAR, South Asia Region consisting of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.