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. 2016 Jun;42:186–198. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2016.03.011

Table 4.

3-, 5-and 10-year prevalence estimates (95% confidence intervals) per 100,000 of myeloid malignancies: Haematological Malignancy Research Network diagnoses Sept 2004 to Aug 2013, followed through to Feb 2015.

Total
Males
Females
3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
All myeloid malignancies 34.3(32.4–36.3) 50.0(47.7–52.4) 79.2(86.2–82.2) 37.7(34.8–40.6) 55.4(51.9–58.9) 82.6(78.3–87.0) 31.2(28.6–33.7) 45.0(42.0–8.1) 76.0(72.0–80.0)



 Acute myeloid leukaemia 4.4(3.7–5.1) 6.0(5.2–6.8) 9.0(8.0–10.0) 5.1(4.1–6.2) 7.1(5.9–8.4) 10.4(8.9–11.9) 3.7(2.8–4.6) 4.9(3.9–5.9) 7.6(6.4–8.9)
 AML-not otherwise specified 2.1(1.6–2.6) 2.7(2.1–3.2) 3.8(3.1–4.4) 2.7(1.9–3.5) 3.6(2.7–4.5) 4.9(3.8–5.9) 1.5(1.0–2.1) 1.8(1.2–2.4) 2.8(2.0–3.6)
 AML with myelodysplasia related changes 0.5(0.1–0.8) 0.6(0.3–1.0) 0.6(0.3–1.0) 0.4(0.1–0.7) 0.5(0.2–0.8) 0.5(0.2–0.8) 0.4(0.2–0.6) 0.6(0.3-–0.8) 0.6(0.3–0.8)
 AML with NPM mutation 0.6(0.4–0.9) 1.0(0.6–1.3) 1.2(0.8–1.6) 0.8(0.3–1.2) 0.9(0.4–1.3) 1.1(0.6–1.6) 0.5(0.2–0.8) 1.0(0.6–1.5) 1.3(0.7–1.8)
 Acute promyelocytic leukaemia 0.6(0.4–0.9) 0.9(0.6–1.2) 1.8(1.4–2.3) 0.6(0.2–0.9) 0.9(0.5–1.4) 2.0(1.3–2.6) 0.7(0.3–1.1) 0.9(0.4–1.3) 1.7(1.1–2.3)
 AML, probable therapy related 0.1(0.0–0.3) 0.2(0.0–0.3) 0.2(0.0–0.3) 0.1(0.0–0.3) 0.2(0.0–0.4) 0.2(0.0–0.4) 0.2(0.0–0.3) 0.2(0.0–0.3) 0.2(0.0–0.4)
 AML with core binding factors 0.4(0.2–0.6) 0.6(0.3–0.8) 1.3(0.8–1.6) 0.4(0.1–0.7) 0.8(0.3–1.2) 1.4(0.8–1.9) 0.3(0.1–0.6) 0.4(0.1–0.7) 1.1(0.6–1.5)
 AML with MLL(11q23) 0.1(0.0–0.2) 0.1(0.0–0.2) 0.(0.1–0.5) 0.1(0.0–0.3) 0.1(0.0–0.3) 0.4(0.1–0.6) 0.1(0.0–0.3) 0.1(0.0–0.3) 0.3(0.0–0.5)



Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) 6.3(5.5–7.1) 8.7(7.7–9.6) 10.9(9.8–12.0) 8.7(7.3–10.1) 11.7(10.1–13.3) 14.4(12.6–16.2) 4.0(3.1–4.9) 5.8(4.7–6.9) 7.5(6.3–8.8)
 Refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia 3.1(2.5–3.6) 4.2(3.5–4.8) 5.1(4.3–5.9) 4.7(3.7–5.7) 6.4(5.2–7.6) 7.7(6.4–9.0) 1.5(1.0–2.1) 2.1(1.4–2.7) 2.7(1.9–3.4)
 Refractory anaemia with excess blasts 1.7(1.2–2.1) 2.0(1.5–2.4) 2.3(1.8–2.8) 2.3(1.6–3.0) 2.7(1.9–3.4) 3.0(2.1–3.8) 1.0(0.6–1.5) 1.3(0.8–1.8) 1.7(1.1–2.3)
 Refractory anaemia with ring sideroblasts 1.3(0.9–1.7) 2.1(1.6–2.6) 3.0(2.4–3.5) 1.6(1.0–2.1) 2.5(1.8–3.3) 3.6(2.7–4.5) 1.0(0.6–1.5) 1.7(1.1–2.3) 2.3(1.6–3.0)



Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) 21.7(20.2–23.3) 33.2(31.3–35.0) 56.8(54.2–59.3) 21.6(19.4–23.8) 33.9(31.2–36.7) 54.1(51.3–58.3) 21.8(19.7–24.0) 32.4(29.8–35.0) 58.6(55.1–62.1)
 Chronic MPNsa 16.8(15.4–18.1) 25.7(24.0–27.3) 44.4(42.2–46.6) 16.4(14.5–18.3) 25.6(23.2–27.9) 41.1(38.0–44.1) 17.1(15.2–19.0) 25.8(23.5–28.1) 47.6(44.4–50.7)
 Chronic myeloid leukaemia 3.2(2.6–3.7) 4.7(4.0–5.4) 8.5(7.5–9.5) 3.6(2.7–4.5) 5.6(4.5–6.7) 10.1(8.6–11.7) 2.8(2.0–3.5) 3.8(2.9–4.7) 6.9(5.7–8.1)
 Myelofibrosis 1.5(1.1–1.9) 2.0(1.5–2.5) 2.5(1.9–3.0) 1.5(0.9–2.1) 2.1(1.4–2.8) 2.5(1.8–3.3) 1.4(0.9–2.0) 1.8(1.2–2.5) 2.4(1.7–3.1)



MDS/MPN 1.9(1.5–2.4) 2.3(1.8–2.8) 2.6(2.0–3.1) 2.3(1.5–3.0) 2.6(1.8–3.4) 2.9(2.1–3.7) 1.6(1.0–2.2) 2.0(1.3–2.6) 2.3(1.6–3.0)
 Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia 1.2(0.8–1.6) 1.5(1.1–1.9) 1.7(1.3–2.2) 1.4(0.9–2.0) 1.8(1.2–2.4) 2.0(1.3–2.6) 1.0(0.5–1.4) 1.2(0.7–1.8) 1.5(0.9–2.1)
a

Polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia, MPNs unclassified.