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. 2018 Nov 2;67(12):1–42. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6712a1

TABLE 12. Incidence rates* and percentages of acute myeloid leukemia, by demographic and tumor characteristics — United States,§ 2010–2014.

Demographic characteristic Total
Male
Female
No. Rate (95% CI) No. Rate (95% CI) No. Rate (95% CI)
Total
70,960
4.2 (4.2–4.2)
39,024
5.2 (5.1–5.2)
31,936
3.5 (3.5–3.6)
Age group at diagnosis (yrs)
<40
8,576
1.0 (1.0–1.1)
4,254
1.0 (1.0–1.1)
4,322
1.1 (1.0–1.1)
40–49
4,967
2.3 (2.3–2.4)
2,512
2.4 (2.3–2.5)
2,455
2.3 (2.2–2.4)
50–59
9,408
4.3 (4.2–4.4)
5,099
4.8 (4.7–4.9)
4,309
3.9 (3.8–4.0)
60–69
15,497
10.0 (9.8–10.2)
9,068
12.3 (12.1–12.6)
6,429
7.9 (7.7–8.1)
70–79
17,344
20.0 (19.7–20.3)
10,119
26.0 (25.5–26.5)
7,225
15.1 (14.7–15.4)
≥80
15,168
26.3 (25.9–26.8)
7,972
37.3 (36.5–38.1)
7,196
19.9 (19.4–20.3)
Race
White
60,923
4.3 (4.3–4.3)
33,980
5.3 (5.2–5.3)
26,943
3.6 (3.5–3.6)
Black
6,368
3.5 (3.4–3.6)
3,157
4.1 (4.0–4.3)
3,211
3.1 (3.0–3.2)
American Indian/Alaska Native
432
2.7 (2.5–3.0)
214
3.1 (2.6–3.6)
218
2.5 (2.2–2.9)
Asian/Pacific Islander
2,645
3.4 (3.2–3.5)
1,361
4.0 (3.7–4.2)
1,284
2.9 (2.8–3.1)
Ethnicity
Hispanic
6,362
3.6 (3.5–3.7)
3,351
4.2 (4.0–4.4)
3,011
3.2 (3.0–3.3)
Non-Hispanic
64,594
4.3 (4.2–4.3)
35,671
5.2 (5.2–5.3)
28,923
3.5 (3.5–3.6)
County classification
Metropolitan
57,611
4.2 (4.2–4.2)
31,583
5.2 (5.1–5.2)
26,028
3.5 (3.5–3.5)
Nonmetropolitan
10,050
4.2 (4.1–4.3)
5,611
5.1 (4.9–5.2)
4,439
3.6 (3.5–3.7)
Census region
Northeast
14,211
4.5 (4.4–4.5)
7,763
5.5 (5.4–5.6)
6,448
3.7 (3.6–3.8)
Midwest
16,751
4.5 (4.4–4.5)
9,143
5.5 (5.3–5.6)
7,608
3.7 (3.7–3.8)
South
25,375
4.0 (4.0–4.1)
14,003
5.0 (4.9–5.0)
11,372
3.4 (3.3–3.4)
West 14,623 4.0 (4.0–4.1) 8,115 4.9 (4.8–5.0) 6,508 3.4 (3.3–3.5)

Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.

* New cases diagnosed per 100,000 persons, age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.

New cases diagnosed.

§ Cancer incidence data were compiled from cancer registries that met the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined, representing approximately 99% of the U.S. population. (Data from Nevada did not meet U.S. Cancer Statistics publication criteria for 2010–2014.)

Ethnicity is not mutually exclusive from race.