U.S. Sickle Cell Disease Death Counts by Age and Race, 2019-2021

Provisional death counts from 2019 through Quarter 1, 2021 for sickle cell disease and COVID-19. The data is disaggregated by quarter, age group, and race or Hispanic origin, and includes columns for underlying and multiple cause-of-death coding. It is hosted on the data.cdc.gov platform via Socrata and was last updated on April 21, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in sickle cell disease mortality using Date of Death Year and Quarter columns.
• Compare mortality rates across demographic groups using Age Group and Race or Hispanic Origin columns.
• Investigate co-occurrence of sickle cell disease and COVID-19 using the SCD and COVID-19, SCD_Underlying, and SCD_Multi columns.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated by multiple demographic dimensions including Age Group and Race or Hispanic Origin.
• Includes provisional death counts for both sickle cell disease and COVID-19, allowing for intersectional analysis.
• Last updated on 2025-04-21 16:21:04, suggesting ongoing maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov

Collection Method

Provisional death counts from U.S. mortality data.

Time Range

2019 through Quarter 1, 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-21 16:21:04.

Geography

Likely United States, inferred from the CDC source.