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. 2014 Dec 12;63(49):1155–1158.

TABLE 1.

Incidence of sickle cell trait (SCT) — 44 U.S. states, 2010

State No. of infants screened No. of infants with a positive SCT screen result Incidence per 1,000 infants screened
Alabama 58,836 1,923 32.7
Alaska 11,269 56 5.0
Arizona 84,257 477 5.7
Arkansas 39,264 563 14.3
California 498,924 4,113 8.2
Colorado
Connecticut 38,809 648 16.7
Delaware 11,893 258 21.7
District of Columbia
Florida 214,948 5,564 25.9
Georgia
Hawaii 18,940 86 4.5
Idaho 22,803 46 2.0
Illinois 176,634 3,056 17.3
Indiana 84,108 987 11.7
Iowa 37,991 203 5.3
Kansas 41,580 374 9.0
Kentucky 57,977 572 9.9
Louisiana 63,005 1,366 21.7
Maine
Maryland 77,806 2,359 30.3
Massachusetts 72,949 1,042 14.3
Michigan 112,986 2,854 25.3
Minnesota 67,550 535 7.9
Mississippi 39,278 1,341 34.1
Missouri 76,308 1,002 13.1
Montana 11,961 10 0.8
Nebraska 26,176 198 7.6
Nevada 35,687 798 22.4
New Hampshire 13,032 42 3.2
New Jersey 102,660 2,040 19.9
New Mexico 26,146 81 3.1
New York 245,280 5,371 21.9
North Carolina 122,324 2,504 20.5
North Dakota 10,383 21 2.0
Ohio 138,952 2,077 14.9
Oklahoma
Oregon 45,606 177 3.9
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island 11,791 182 15.4
South Carolina 55,813 1,650 29.6
South Dakota 12,334 79 6.4
Tennessee 84,533 2,411 28.5
Texas 390,611 4,972 12.7
Utah 51,486 126 2.4
Vermont 5,702 24 4.2
Virginia 97,528 1,865 19.1
Washington 83,086 448 5.4
West Virginia 29,928 81 2.7
Wisconsin 67,163 676 10.1
Wyoming
Overall (44 states) 3,576,297 55,258 15.5