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These data confirm prior findings of a significant decrease in mortality for children with SCD. The mortality rate for adults appears to have increased during the same time period. It seems unlikely that this increase is due merely to an influx of younger patients surviving to adulthood and may reflect a lack of access to high-quality care for adults with SCD.
Lanzkron et al. (Fri,) studied this question.