27 / 32
Preventive Medicine 2018
Journal of Preventive Medicine
ISSN: 2572-5483
Page 76
July 16-17, 2018
London, UK
9
th
Edition of International Conference on
Preventive Medicine
& Public Health
Background:
Hemophilia is an X-linked bleeding disorder that
mainly affects males. Globally, there are about 400,000 people
with hemophilia; only 25% of them receive adequate treatment.
In developed countries, life expectancy of hemophilia patients
is more than that in developing countries. This study was
conducted to describe epidemiological characteristics and
estimate prevalence, incidence, and their trends among
hemophilia patients in Baghdad, Iraq, 2007-2016.
Methods:
In this cross sectional study we conducted a desk
review of the records of all hemophilia patients resided in
Baghdad and registered in the four hemophilia treatment
center during 2007-2016. Baghdad population data was
obtained from Ministry of Planning.
Results:
The total number of the registered hemophilia patients
resided in Baghdad was 639. The prevalence of hemophilia had
increased from 3.6/100,000 population in 2007 to 7.9/100,000
population in 2016. Also, the incidence had increased from
8.4/100,000 live births in 2007 to 16.3/100,000 live births
in 2016. Only one death was reported among the patients in
2016. Hemophilia A constituted 74.6% with a prevalence of
7.9/100,000 population and the remaining had hemophilia B
with a prevalence of 2.0/100,000 population. The mean age
of all hemophilia patients was 19.3±14 years, and only 22.7%
were ≥30 years old. Severe hemophilia represented 63.4%.
About 50% of the patients descended from consanguineous
marriages and 69.0% had positive family history of hemophilia.
The percentage of patients who attended university was
23.6% and that of patients who did not attend school or were
illiterates was 7.6%. Among patients who were ≥18 years; more
than half of them (59.6%) were married, and 34.2% of them
were unemployed. Target joints were found among 45.8% of
patients and 28% were on prophylactic therapy.
Conclusions:
The prevalence and incidence of hemophilia in
Baghdad was doubled in 10 years’ period. We recommended
establishing an electronic National Registry of Hemophilia and
enhancing universal coverage with prophylactic treatment.
farislami@gmail.comEpidemiological profile of hemophilia in Baghdad, Iraq, 2016
Faris Lami
and
Kamal A Kadhim
University of Baghdad, Iraq
J Prev Med 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5483-C1-003