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.