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Using a technique that has alternative and
potentially more realistic assumptions supported by empirical evidence, the current study
offers a new description of median lifetime survival in SS disease. Compared
to the statistical adjustment, median survival figures are approximately 10 years higher
using the simulation adjustment.
And compared to the 1991
life expectancy of the general Jamaican population (71.4 years for males, 75.8 years for
females)(1), median survival is decreased by between 14 and 22 years in SS males and by
between 8 and 21 years in SS females.
Reference
(1) PAHO. Health conditions in the Americas, 1994 Edition,
Scientific Publication No. 549. Pan American Health Organization 1994. Washington D.C.,
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