Death Statistics for Types of Anemia

Deaths and Anemia:

This section presents information about the death rate statistics for the various types of Anemia.

Disease	Death Rate Estimate	US deaths estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Anemia (overall)	approx 1 in 60,404 or 0.00% or 4,502 people in USA	4,502	3.5 million (NHLBI)
Iron deficiency anemia	unavailable		No information
Sickle Cell Anemia	approx 1 in 1,000 or 0.10% or 272,000 people in USA	estimated 1 per 1,000 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell disease in the US, Genetics Home Reference website	estimated 1 per 1,000 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell disease in the US, Genetics Home Reference website
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia	N/A	N/A	No information
Pernicious anemia	N/A	N/A	399,455 people in the USA 1996 ¹
thalassemia	approx 1 in 272,000 or 0.00% or 1,000 people in USA	1,000 people with Cooley's anemia (NHLBI)	1,000 people with Cooley's anemia (NHLBI)
Categories of anemias:	N/A	N/A	No information
microcytic hypochromic anemia	N/A	N/A	No information
megaloblastic hyperchromic anemia	N/A	N/A	No information
megaloblastic anemia	N/A	N/A	No information
aplastic anemia	unavailable		No information
hemolytic anemia	N/A	N/A	No information
sideroblastic anemia	N/A	N/A	No information
Severe anemia	N/A	N/A	No information

4,503 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

approx 1 in 60,404 or 0.00% or 4,502 people in USA

For more information about types of Anemia, refer to our section on types of Anemia. See also more information on death information for Anemia.

Footnotes:
1. Rose and Mackay, 1998, The Autoimmune Diseases, Third Edition

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