Who Is at Risk for Hemolytic Anemia?

Hemolytic anemia can affect people of all ages and races and both sexes. Some types of hemolytic anemia are more likely to occur in certain populations than others.

For example, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency mostly affects males of African or Mediterranean descent. In the United States, the condition is more common among African Americans than Caucasians.

In the United States, sickle cell anemia mainly affects African Americans.

 

 

Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.