Table 1
Number of cases eligible for survival analyses, case distribution, percentage male and age distribution at diagnosis, by leukemia type, ages 15 to 99, Canada excluding Quebec, 1992 to 2008
| Leukemia type | CasesNote † | % of cases | Sex % male |
Age group (years) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ||||||||
| 15 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 to 99 | ||||
| All leukemias | 45,340 | 100.0 | 58.4 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 18.0 | 25.5 | 33.8 |
| Acute lymphocytic | 2,070 | 4.6 | 59.5 | 48.8 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 13.5 |
| Chronic lymphocytic | 19,985 | 44.1 | 60.3 | 2.5 | 9.7 | 20.7 | 29.8 | 37.4 |
| Acute myeloid | 11,000 | 24.3 | 54.1 | 17.1 | 12.2 | 17.0 | 24.4 | 29.3 |
| Chronic myeloid | 5,575 | 12.3 | 59.0 | 18.4 | 12.5 | 16.3 | 21.2 | 31.8 |
| Other leukemias | 6,710 | 14.8 | 59.1 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 21.9 | 38.2 |
Source: Canadian Cancer Registry database. |
||||||||
- Date modified: