Cause specific underlying and immediate maternal mortality ratios per 100 000 live births, by sickle cell status, Jamaica, 1998–2007.

Non significant differences in italics.aMinistry of Health antenatal screening data, % of women screened for anaemia who have HbSS/SC disease, as a percent of all births: 2001–2007 (1.0%) (Table 3).bMinistry of Health antenatal screening data, % of all first visits screened who have HbSS/SC disease, 2001–2007 (1.57%) – intention to treat, and applied to total registered live births to estimate births in SCD population (Table 3).