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Table 4

Comparison of addiction and substance abuse in adults with sickle cell disease and those in the community at-large

Population/location	Year	Age, y	Addiction or substance abuse, no./no. (%)
Adult SCD patients
Cincinnati⁴⁴	1989	Not stated	14/160 (9)
Philadelphia⁴⁵	1992	Not stated	0/50† (0)
London⁴⁶	2002	Not stated	4/800 (0.5)
New Haven*	2007	All	8/96 (8.3)
		18-25	2/31 (6.5)
Community at-large
St Louis⁴⁷	1981-82	Lifelong	6.4 ± 1.0%‡
Baltimore⁴⁷	1981-82	Lifelong	7.3 ± 0.9%‡
New Haven⁴⁷	1980-81	Lifelong	6.4 ± 1.3%‡
Connecticut⁴⁸	2004-05	18-25	8.83% (6.90-11.23)§

Population/location	Year	Age, y	Addiction or substance abuse, no./no. (%)
Adult SCD patients
Cincinnati⁴⁴	1989	Not stated	14/160 (9)
Philadelphia⁴⁵	1992	Not stated	0/50† (0)
London⁴⁶	2002	Not stated	4/800 (0.5)
New Haven*	2007	All	8/96 (8.3)
		18-25	2/31 (6.5)
Community at-large
St Louis⁴⁷	1981-82	Lifelong	6.4 ± 1.0%‡
Baltimore⁴⁷	1981-82	Lifelong	7.3 ± 0.9%‡
New Haven⁴⁷	1980-81	Lifelong	6.4 ± 1.3%‡
Connecticut⁴⁸	2004-05	18-25	8.83% (6.90-11.23)§

SCD indicates sickle cell disease.

Solomon, unpublished observations, June 2007, based on criteria of Savage.⁴⁹

All patients were on long-acting opioids for 2 years.

Values are means ± SEM for African-Americans as %.

Numbers in parentheses are 95% prediction interval as %.