Table 3
Five-year age-standardized relative survival ratios (RSRs) and increases in survival, by sex and leukemia type, ages 15 to 99, Canada excluding Quebec, 1992 to 2008Note †

Table 3
Five-year age-standardized relative survival ratios (RSRs) and increases in survival, by sex and leukemia type, ages 15 to 99, Canada excluding Quebec, 1992 to 2008†
Table summary
This table displays the results of Five-year age-standardized relative survival ratios (RSRs) and increases in survival. The information is grouped by Sex / leukemia type (appearing as row headers), Time period, Increase in five-year RSR:, 1992 to 1994, 2006 to 2008, 1992-1994 to 2006-2008, RSR (%), 95% confidence interval, % units and p-value, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex / leukemia type Time period Increase in five-year RSR:
1992 to 1994 2006 to 2008 1992-1994 to 2006-2008
RSR (%) 95% confidence interval RSR (%) 95% confidence interval % units 95% confidence interval p-value
from to from to from to
Males  
All leukemiasNote ‡ 45.1 43.2 46.9 56.0 54.5 57.5 11.0 8.6 13.3 < 0.0005
All leukemias 44.0 42.0 45.9 57.7 56.1 59.3 13.8 11.2 16.3 < 0.0005
Acute lymphocytic 25.3 20.1 30.7 40.9 34.4 47.4 15.7 7.2 24.1 < 0.0005
Chronic lymphocytic 66.3 63.0 69.5 77.9 75.4 80.1 11.5 7.5 15.6 < 0.0005
Acute myeloid 11.9 9.8 14.1 22.0 19.8 24.4 10.1 7.0 13.3 < 0.0005
Chronic myeloid 36.2 31.6 40.7 57.7 52.9 62.3 21.6 15.0 28.1 < 0.0005
Other leukemias 42.4 38.0 46.8 43.8 39.5 48.0 1.4 -4.7 7.5 0.658
Females  
All leukemiasNote ‡ 46.4 44.4 48.3 59.7 58.1 61.2 13.3 10.8 15.8 < 0.0005
All leukemias 42.8 40.7 44.9 58.6 56.8 60.4 15.8 13.0 18.6 < 0.0005
Acute lymphocytic 28.6 21.5 36.2 47.9 40.2 55.2 19.2 8.7 29.8 < 0.0005
Chronic lymphocytic 71.8 68.3 75.1 85.0 82.3 87.3 13.1 8.9 17.4 < 0.0005
Acute myeloid 15.8 13.4 18.4 24.2 21.9 26.6 8.3 4.9 11.8 < 0.0005
Chronic myeloid 35.1 29.4 40.8 64.9 59.7 69.6 29.8 22.2 37.4 < 0.0005
Other leukemias 27.3 22.6 32.1 35.2 31.0 39.4 7.9 1.5 14.3 0.015
Note †

period method of survival analysis used for 2006 to 2008; cohort method for 1992 to 1994

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Note ‡

RSRs simultaneously standardized by age and case-mix (primary result); age-standardized RSRs directly below for comparison

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Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry database; life tables.

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