CML Statistics

CML

CML Statistics: Death Rates

From 1998-2002, the median age at death for people with chronic myeloid leukemia was 70 years of age. The percentages of people who died from CML based on age were:

1.1 percent died under age 20
5.0 percent between 20 and 34
7.6 percent between 35 and 44
11.3 percent between 45 and 54
14.2 percent between 55 and 64
21.9 percent between 65 and 74
26.2 percent between 75 and 84
12.7 percent 85+ years of age.

The age-adjusted death rate for CML was 0.6 per 100,000 men and women per year. These rates are based on patients who died in 1998-2002 in the United States. Death rates by race and sex were:

Race/Ethnicity	Men	Women
All Races	0.8 per 100,000 men	0.5 per 100,000 women
Caucasian	0.8 per 100,000 men	0.5 per 100,000 women
African American	0.9 per 100,000 men	0.6 per 100,000 women
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.6 per 100,000 men	0.3 per 100,000 women
Hispanic	0.7 per 100,000 men	0.4 per 100,000 women

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