Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Public Health Rep. 2022 Mar-Apr;137(2):234-238. doi: 10.1177/00333549211063518. Epub 2022 Jan 21.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with increased risk of poor health outcomes from respiratory infections, including COVID-19 illness. We used US death data to investigate changes in SCD-related mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We estimated annual age- and quarter-adjusted SCD-related mortality rates for 2014-2020. We estimated the number of excess deaths in 2020 compared with 2019 using the standardized mortality ratio (SMR). We found 1023 SCD-related deaths reported in the United States during 2020, of which 86 (8.4%) were associated with COVID-19. SCD-related deaths, both associated and not associated with COVID-19, occurred most frequently among adults aged 25-59 years. The SCD-related mortality rate changed <5% year to year from 2014 to 2019 but increased 12% in 2020; the sharpest increase was among adults aged ≥60 years. The SMR comparing 2020 with 2019 was 1.12 (95% CI, 1.06-1.19). Overall, 113 (95% CI, 54-166) excess SCD-related deaths occurred in 2020.
镰状细胞病(SCD)与呼吸道感染不良健康结局风险增加相关,包括 COVID-19 疾病。我们使用美国死亡数据调查了 COVID-19 大流行前后 SCD 相关死亡率的变化。我们估计了 2014-2020 年的年度年龄和季度调整的 SCD 相关死亡率。我们使用标准化死亡率比(SMR)估计了 2020 年与 2019 年相比的超额死亡人数。我们发现,2020 年美国报告了 1023 例与 SCD 相关的死亡,其中 86 例(8.4%)与 COVID-19 相关。与 COVID-19 相关和不相关的 SCD 相关死亡最常发生在 25-59 岁的成年人中。2014 年至 2019 年,SCD 相关死亡率每年变化<5%,但 2020 年增加了 12%;增长率最高的是年龄≥60 岁的成年人。与 2019 年相比,2020 年的 SMR 为 1.12(95%CI,1.06-1.19)。总体而言,2020 年有 113 例(95%CI,54-166)与 SCD 相关的死亡人数过多。