Table 1.

Non-sickle hemoglobinopathies identified by the California Newborn Screening Program, January 1998–June 2006.
 Adapted from Michlitsch J et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009;52:487.

DiagnosisNo. identifiedIncidence (per 100,000screened)
*All five cases of Hb Bart’s hydrops fetalis were homozygous for the Southeast Asian (SEA) deletion mutation. 
Alpha thalassemia syndromes 502 11.1 
    Hb H disease 406 9.0 
    Hb H with Hb E trait 35 0.8 
    Hb H with Hb EE 16 0.4 
    Hb H Constant Spring 25 0.6 
    Hb H with other variants 0.2 
    Hb H with SS 0.2 
    Hb Bart’s hydrops fetalis* 0.1 
Beta thalassemia syndromes 79 1.8 
    β° thalassemia 19 0.4 
    Hb E/β° thalassemia 31 0.7 
    Hb C/β° thalassemia 0.2 
    Hb D/β° thalassemia 0.1 
    Hb C/β+ thalassemia 14 0.3 
    Hb E/β+ thalassemia 0.1 
Other mutations 862 19.1 
    Hb EE 514 11.4 
    Hb CC 41 0.9 
    Hb C-HPFH 0.1 
    Heterozygous variants 304 6.7 
DiagnosisNo. identifiedIncidence (per 100,000screened)
*All five cases of Hb Bart’s hydrops fetalis were homozygous for the Southeast Asian (SEA) deletion mutation. 
Alpha thalassemia syndromes 502 11.1 
    Hb H disease 406 9.0 
    Hb H with Hb E trait 35 0.8 
    Hb H with Hb EE 16 0.4 
    Hb H Constant Spring 25 0.6 
    Hb H with other variants 0.2 
    Hb H with SS 0.2 
    Hb Bart’s hydrops fetalis* 0.1 
Beta thalassemia syndromes 79 1.8 
    β° thalassemia 19 0.4 
    Hb E/β° thalassemia 31 0.7 
    Hb C/β° thalassemia 0.2 
    Hb D/β° thalassemia 0.1 
    Hb C/β+ thalassemia 14 0.3 
    Hb E/β+ thalassemia 0.1 
Other mutations 862 19.1 
    Hb EE 514 11.4 
    Hb CC 41 0.9 
    Hb C-HPFH 0.1 
    Heterozygous variants 304 6.7 

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