The U.S. infant mortality rate generally declined throughout the 20th century, from 100 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 1900 to 6.89 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.
hemoglobinopathies are genetic inherited disorders of hemoglobin the oxygen carrying protein of the red blood cells the hemoglobin molecule is composed of four separate polypeptide chains of amino acids two alpha chains and two beta chains as well as four iron bearing heme groups that bind oxygenemoglobinopathies are genetic inherited disorders of hemoglobin the oxygen carrying protein of the red blood cells the hemoglobin molecule is composed of four separate polypeptide chains of amino acids two alpha chains and two beta chains as well as four iron bearing heme groups that bind oxygen
Sickle cell anemia, a common form of sickle cell disease, is caused by a particular mutation in the HBB gene. This mutation results in the production of an abnormal version of beta-globin called hemoglobin S or HbS.In this condition, hemoglobin S replaces both beta-globin subunits in hemoglobin.ore than 10 mutations in the HBB gene have been found to cause methemoglobinemia, beta-globin type, which is a condition that alters the hemoglobin within red blood cells.