Table 1. Incidence rates for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) by age and sex (1973-2010).
| Total | Males | Females | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Cases | Person-yearsa | Rateb | Cases | Person-yearsa | Rateb | Cases | Person-yearsa | Rateb |
| Overall | 1,960 | 69.7 | 28.1 | 1,097 | 35.8 | 30.7 | 863 | 33.9 | 25.5 |
| 0-4 | 1,041 | 17.2 | 60.6 | 549 | 8.8 | 62.2 | 492 | 8.4 | 58.9 |
| 5-9 | 469 | 14.8 | 31.8 | 279 | 7.6 | 36.8 | 190 | 7.2 | 26.4 |
| 10-14 | 240 | 12.5 | 19.2 | 148 | 6.4 | 23.0 | 92 | 6.1 | 15.1 |
| 15-19 | 130 | 10.1 | 12.9 | 72 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 58 | 4.9 | 11.8 |
| 20-24 | 45 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 28 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 17 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| 25-38 | 35 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 21 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 14 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
a
Person-years in millions.
b
Incidence rate per million person-years.