Table 1. Patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 15–69 included in this analysis.

Registry	Population base (million)	Years Included	Cases registered	% DCO (excluded)	Cases in the analysis	Median age at diagnosis	% Microscopically confirmed
Bavaria a	8.13	2002–06	205	8.3	188	38.0	100.0
Brandenburg	2.55	1997–2006	175	11.4	155	37.0	100.0
Bremen	0.66	1998–2006	34	5.9	32	36.5	96.9
Hamburg	1.75	1997–2006	111	4.5	106	36.5	100.0
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1.69	1997–2006	115	12.2	101	38.0	100.0
Lower Saxony	7.98	2001–06	185	10.3	166	40.0	97.5
North Rhine-Westphalia a	2.62	1997–2004	94	7.4	87	39.0	98.8
Rhineland-Palatinate a	0.52	1998–2006	25	24.0	19	36.0	89.5
Saarland	1.04	1997–2006	67	1.5	66	42.0	98.5
Saxony	4.25	1997–2006	215	7.4	199	40.0	98.5
Schleswig-Holstein a	1.85	1999–2006	69	18.8	56	38.5	100.0
Total SEER	33.0439	1997–2006	12952314	9.30.3	11752307	39.037.0	99.099.3

DCO = death certificate only.

^aSelected administrative districts only.

11 German registries, 1997–2006.