Estimated Burden of Sickle Cell Disorders in Sierra Leone, 1990 and 2023

Monalisa M. J. Faulkner provides an Excel dataset estimating the burden of sickle cell disorders in Sierra Leone for the years 1990 and 2023. The data includes counts and age-standardized rates, along with the percentage change between the two time points. The dataset is 5.5 KB in size and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in sickle cell disorder burden based on the comparison between 1990 and 2023.
• Calculate public health metrics based on estimated counts and age-standardized rates.
• Model the impact of sickle cell disorders on Sierra Leone's population health over a 33-year period.

Strengths

• Provides a direct comparison of burden estimates across two distinct years (1990 and 2023).
• Includes both raw counts and age-standardized rates for more accurate cross-time analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), suggesting limited scope or detail.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Monalisa M. J. Faulkner via figshare.

Time Range

1990 and 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 17:22:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sierra Leone