rican people; and in the United States, mainly Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans are affected. The overall incidence is eight in every 100,000 people, with one in every 600 African Americans; one in every 1500 Hispanics; with one in every 12 African Americans having the sickle cell trait, not anemia. Usually when Caucasians have the sickle cell trait or Sickle Cell Anemia, it came from ancestors that lived in the area in the World where malaria was present.
             Testing for the sickle cell trait has become routine in most United States hospitals for newborns, as symptoms usually don't arise until they reach about 4 months of age. (www.fda.gov/fdac/features/496/sick.htm)
             The risk factors for Sickle Cell Anemia are carried throughout a family. This disease cannot be "caught" or obtained from another person, it only can be passed on through genes. For example, if two people carry one sickle cell gene and
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