Table 1.

Data on the incidence rate of APL cases from 15 Brazilian population-based cancer registries, 2000–2009.

					ASIR				Crude	AAIR**
Region	Coverage* (%)	Total, n (%)	Male, n (%)	Female, n (%)	0–4 years	5–9 years	10–19 years	0–19 years	0–19 years	95% CI
North	28	3 (8.6)	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.02–0.02
Northeast	13	4 (11.4)	4 (100.0)	0 (00.0)	0.03	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02–0.02
Center	21	2 (5.7)	2 (100.0)	0 (00.0)	0.00	0.06	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03–0.03
Southeast	23	11(31.4)	5 (45.5)	6 (54.5)	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02–0.02
South	13	15 (42.9)	7 (46.7)	8 (53.3)	0.00	0.16	0.21	0.15	0.13	0.13–0.14
Brazil	20	35 (100.0)	19 (54.3)	16 (45.7)	0.01	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03–0.03

^*Percentage of the population covered;

^**World standard population. Registries by region of Brazil: North (Belém, include Ananindeua city; and Manaus); Northeast (Aracaju; Fortaleza; João Pessoa; and Recife); Center-West (Cuiabá, include Várzea Grande city; and Goiânia); Southeast (DRS Barretos, include Altair, Bebedouro, Cajobi, Colina, Colômbia, Guaíra, Guaraci, Jaborandi, Monte Azul Paulista, Olímpia, Severínia, Taiaçu, Taiúva, Taquaral, Terra Roxa, Viradouro, and Vista Alegre do Alto cities; Belo Horizonte; Vitória, include Cariacica, Vila Velha, Fundão, Guarapari, Serra, and Viana cities; Jahu; and São Paulo); South (Curitiba and Porto Alegre).

N, total number cases; APL, acute promyelocytic leukemia; AAIR, age-adjusted incidence rates; ASIRs, age-specific incidence rates; CI, confidence interval.