Table 3.

Characteristics of Children with an SCD in 2010 or 2011^*

	2010		2011
	SCD** n = 605	Not SCD** n = 333	SCD** n = 609	Not SCD** n = 315
Gender
Male	299 (49%)	180 (54%)	301 (49%)	160 (51%)
Female	306 (51%)	153 (46%)	308 (51%)	155 (49%)
Race
Black	527 (87%)	216 (65%)	521 (86%)	194 (61%)
White	7 (1%)	71 (21%)	8 (1%)	65 (21%)
Other	70 (12%)	16 (5%)	78 (13%)	25 (8%)
Hispanic	1 (<1%)	30 (9%)	2 (<1%)	31 (10%)
Sickle Cell Subtype
Hemoglobin SS	372 (61%)	--	357 (59%)	--
Hemoglobin SC	176 (29%)	--	199 (33%)	--
Hemoglobin Sickle Beta Thalassemia	56 (9%)	--	52 (9%)	--
Hemoglobin SE	1 (<1%)	--	1 (<1%)	--
Age (years)***	9.68 (5.47)	7.11 (4.92)	9.78 (5.52)	6.77 (5.23)

^*at least 1 Medicaid claim for SCD

^**determined from newborn screening

^***age is reported as mean age (years) and standard deviation