Leukaemia
epidemiology
Dr Andrea Micheli
Director
Descriptive Studies and Health Planning Unit
Fondazione IRCCS "Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori"
Milano
LEUKAEMIA INCIDENCE
LEUKAEMIA MORTALITY
LEUKAEMIA
Incidence, all ages, x 100,000 - Std Eu
MALE
FEMALE
J. Ferlay et al. EJC 2010
STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATE FOR LEUKAEMIA IN
CHILDREN AGED 0-14 YEARS
Source: WHO Europe, ENHIS
CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA INCIDENCE in EUROPE
1970-2000
Source: Steliarova-Foucher E. et al. Lancet 2004
LEUKAEMIA
Mortality, all ages, x 100,000 - Std Eu
MALE
FEMALE
J. Ferlay et al. EJC 2010
MORTALITY TREND
FOR LEUKEMIA
(0-14 years)
Male
Source: WHO
MORTALITY TREND
FOR LEUKEMIA
(0-14 years)
Female
Source: WHO
Lymphoid Leukaemia 5-year survival trend in Europe
children under the age of 15 diagnosed from 1983 to 1994
NE: Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden)
WSE: Western and Southern Europe (France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland (Geneva))
EE: Eastern Europe (Estonia, Poland (Krakow), Slovakia, Slovenia)
GER: West Germany
UK: United Kingdom
Gatta et al. JCO 2005