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. 2023 Aug 18;129(7):1152–1165. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02387-8

Table 1.

Numbers of persons, person-years of follow-up and cases/deaths for key leukaemia categories.

Class Category Person-years Persons first at riska Myeloid malignant neoplasms AML AML + MDS CML ALL Acute leukaemia Leukaemia excluding CLL, unclassified as AML/CML/ALL Leukaemia excluding CLL
Total 7,641,362 310,905 274 140 158 61 71 243 93 365
Sex Male 3,332,630 154,647 146 73 83 34 36 123 53 196
Female 4,306,530 156,036 128 67 75 27 34 119 40 168
Unknown 2204 222 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Entry year <1920 56 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1920–1929 37,505 576 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 4
1930–1939 170,704 4115 11 1 1 3 0 1 10 14
1940–1949 170,857 4638 3 0 0 2 1 2 12 15
1950–1959 5,077,780 118,126 205 117 124 47 43 184 55 262
1960–1969 300,211 6372 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 7
1970–1979 263,511 9307 5 2 4 0 1 7 6 9
1980–1989 50,382 2701 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 3
1990–1999 1,056,900 84,058 32 10 17 6 16 26 2 34
≥2000 513,463 81,010 11 6 7 1 8 15 2 17
Age at entry (years)a 0–4 1,427,710 56,366 34 17 23 6 17 42 12 52
5–9 1,905,370 60,555 64 34 38 11 25 63 14 84
10–14 1,519,830 58,714 58 28 33 17 9 45 14 68
15–19 1,177,090 62,903 52 29 30 12 5 36 10 56
20–29 1,343,570 61,245 51 29 30 12 14 49 19 74
30–39 191,916 6497 5 2 2 1 1 6 10 14
40–49 51,260 2357 6 1 2 1 0 2 8 10
≥50 24,614 2268 4 0 0 1 0 0 6 7
Years since first exposurea <0 or NA 1,667,610 50,335 68 27 31 16 10 44 41 94
0–0.99 23,335 19,912 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
1–1.99 25,243 2208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2–4.99 568,364 167,316 10 5 7 2 10 19 6 23
5–9.99 1,052,290 56,331 29 14 15 8 19 36 5 46
10–14.99 745,666 7630 24 9 13 4 9 21 7 29
15–19.99 529,238 2890 14 9 10 3 5 15 3 20
20–29.99 865,351 2537 21 12 12 8 6 23 6 32
≥30 2,164,270 1746 107 63 69 20 12 84 25 120
Attained age (years)a 0–4.99 124,753 56,366 1 1 1 0 4 6 1 6
5–9.99 411,538 60,555 5 4 5 0 13 20 5 22
10–14.99 623,591 58,714 12 5 6 5 11 18 2 23
15–19.99 778,480 62,903 23 10 12 5 5 20 7 27
20–29.99 1,731,430 61,245 36 19 23 9 12 39 12 52
30–39.99 1,281,480 6497 28 14 14 9 6 20 7 36
40–49.99 1,152,100 2357 42 21 22 12 6 33 12 51
≥50 1,537,990 2268 127 66 75 21 14 87 47 148
Mean cumulative active bone marrow dose (Gy) 0 2,832,010 93,729 106 51 55 26 13 76 53 143
0–0.004 964,831 65,125 24 10 10 6 1 14 5 22
0.005–0.099 628,876 50,911 14 5 7 5 6 13 5 21
0.010–0.019 669,905 48,357 11 6 8 1 15 22 3 25
0.020–0.049 534,468 21,414 24 15 19 3 8 24 3 29
0.050–0.099 425,622 10,015 16 12 12 2 4 19 4 22
0.100–0.149 244,034 4946 12 5 5 3 2 9 5 15
0.150–0.199 127,858 2761 9 6 8 0 1 8 2 9
0.200–0.299 191,887 3918 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 6
0.300–0.499 347,124 4788 9 3 4 2 4 7 2 11
0.500–0.749 365,219 2206 16 8 10 3 5 14 3 19
0.750–0.999 186,260 1211 8 4 4 2 2 10 4 12
1.000–1.499 74,472 754 6 5 5 1 3 9 1 10
1.500–1.999 29,564 326 8 6 7 0 0 6 1 7
2.000–2.499 8232 178 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 4
2.500–2.999 5708 158 2 1 1 1 4 5 0 6
3.000–4.999 5241 107 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 4
5.000–7.499 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AML acute myeloid leukaemia, CML chronic myeloid leukaemia, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

aThe number of persons represents those first entering follow-up in the given categories (of attained age, time since first exposure etc.).