Sickle cell disease related mortality in Brazil, 2000-2018

Abstract Introduction There is a demand to update national mortality trends data related to sickle cell disease (SCD) in Brazil. This study describes causes of death and mortality issues related to SCD using the multiple-cause-of-death methodology. Methods The annual SCD mortality data was extracted from the public databases of the Mortality Information System by researching deaths in rubric D57 “sickle-cell disorders” of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision and processed by the Multiple Cause Tabulator. Results From 2000 to 2018 in Brazil, a total of 9817 deaths...

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