Table 1.

Patient demographics and incidence of chronic myeloid leukemia in1975–2009

Characteristic	No. of patients	Incidence per 100,000 (95% CI)	Relative risk (95% CI)
Age, years
Median	66
Range	0–108
<15	175	0.09(0.08–0.11)
15–29	720	0.35(0.33–0.38)	3.8(3.2–4.5)
30–49	2,514	1.03(0.99–1.07)	11.1(9.5–13.0)
50–64	2,965	2.33(2.25–2.42)	25.1(21.6–29.5)
65–74	2,944	5.53(5.33–5.73)	59.6(51.1–69.8)
>75	7,495	7.88(7.70–8.06)	84.9(73.1–99.3)
Total	13869	1.75(1.72–1.78)
Sex
Female	5,928	1.34(1.31–1.38)
Male	7,941	2.32(2.27–2.37)	1.7(1.7–1.8)
Race
Other*	809	1.19(1.11–1.28)
Caucasian	11,720	1.78(1.75–1.81)	1.5(1.4–1.6)
African American	1,234	1.77(1.67–1.87)	1.5(1.4–1.6)
unknown	106
Calendar year of diagnosis
1975–1989	5,001	1.78(1.73–1.83)
1990–2000	4,719	1.81(1.76–1.86)	1.0(1.0–1.1)
2001–2009	4,149	1.67(1.62–1.72)	0.9(0.9–1.0)
Registry
Hawaii	531	1.44(1.32–1.57)
Atlanta (Metropolitan)	945	1.49(1.39–1.59)	1.0(0.9–1.1)
San Francisco-Oakland SMSA	2,004	1.59(1.52–1.66)	1.1(1.0–1.2)
Connecticut	1,849	1.57(1.50–1.65)	1.1(1.0–1.2)
Utah	816	1.66(1.55–1.78)	1.2(1.0–1.3)
New Mexico	839	1.69(1.58–1.81)	1.2(1.0–1.3)
Seattle (Puget Sound)	2,060	1.84(1.76–1.93)	1.3(1.2–1.4)
Iowa	2,069	1.91(1.83–2.00)	1.3(1.2–1.5)
Detroit (Metropolitan)	2,756	2.13(2.05–2.21)	1.5(1.3–1.6)

^*American Indian/Alaska Native and Asians/Pacific populations