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
Children with sickle cell disease have two defective hemoglobin S genes, one from each parent. Various forms of sickle cell disorder occur when a person inherits one hemoglobin S gene (sickle cell gene) from one parent and one other type of defective hemoglobin gene from the other parent.hildren with sickle cell disease have two defective hemoglobin S genes, one from each parent. Various forms of sickle cell disorder occur when a person inherits one hemoglobin S gene (sickle cell gene) from one parent and one other type of defective hemoglobin gene from the other parent.