Table II.

The detailed rates and duration of hospitalization of the SCA children.

Criteria	Number of children	Percentage (%)
Number of hospitalization per year
Once	31	42.5
Twice	16	21.9
Thrice	8	11.0
>Thrice	18	24.7
Duration of hospitalization
<3 days	6	8.2
3 – 6 days	18	24.7
1week – 1 month	45	61.6
>1 month	4	5.5