Burden of Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana: The Korle-Bu Experience

Table 1

Pattern of attendance at GICG (2013-2014).

	2013						2014
Month	HbSS	HbSC	Other	Total	New patients	D.A.A	HbSS	HbSC	Other	Total	New patients	DAA
January	620	350	56	1026	25	46.64	656	333	55	1044	16	47.45
February	540	294	48	888	24	44.40	492	299	33	825	12	41.25
March	514	240	38	790	36	41.58	517	296	29	854	19	42.70
April	330	173	27	530	7	29.44	468	275	39	783	16	39.15
May	551	275	42	868	20	41.33	532	324	41	898	14	44.90
June	537	311	69	919	16	45.95	488	312	46	849	16	40.43
July	621	364	29	1017	27	46.23	523	276	41	842	13	40.10
August	600	343	49	993	28	47.29	578	316	46	940	16	44.77
September	576	307	25	908	13	45.40	531	343	43	919	15	43.76
October	577	342	39	958	21	43.55	443	262	32	737	15	33.50
November	550	313	51	913	24	43.48	492	272	36	804	14	40.20
December	478	269	40	787	10	41.42	427	241	29	696	16	34.80
Total	6494	3581	513	10597	251	43.06	6147	3549	470	10191	182	41.08

DAA: Daily Average Attendance.