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Table 2 The incidence of the leukemias in children younger than 12 years in El Salvador from 1996 to 2000.

From: Incidence of leukemias in children from El Salvador and Mexico City between 1996 and 2000: Population-based data

1996 to 2000

 

Number of cases by year

 

Sex

n

Rate over the entire period

< 1 year

1–4 years

5–9 years

10–11 years

 

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

ALL

M

162

36.1*

4.9

49.6

36.3

20.1

n

54

64

61

60

63

 

F

140

32.3*

15.1

47.3

23.0

29.7

Rate over the entire period

30.7

36.3

34.1

33.2

34.4

 

T

302

34.2*

9.9

48.4

29.7

24.8

      

AML

M

37

8.1*

0

9.4

9.2

7.2

n

19

12

12

9

11

 

F

26

6.0*

7.6

9.1

3.4

4.4

Rate over the entire period

10.8

6.8

6.7

5.0

6.0

 

T

63

7.1*

3.7

9.2

6.3

5.8

      

CML

M

3

0.6*

0

0

1.1

1.4

n

0

0

1

3

2

 

F

3

0.6*

0

0

1.1

1.5

Rate over the entire period

0

0

0.6

1.7

1.1

 

T

6

0.6*

0

0

1.1

1.5

      

UL

M

3

0.7*

2.4

1.2

0

0

n

0

0

1

1

2

 

F

1

0.2*

2.5

0

0

0

Rate over the entire period

0

0

0.6

0.5

1.1

 

T

4

0.5*

2.5

0.6

0

0

      
  1. AAIR: Average Annual Incidence Rate. M = male; F = female; T = total. AML = Acute myeloid leukemia; ALL = Acute Lymphoid leukemia; CML: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia UL = Unspecified leukemias.
  2. * Age standardized rate per million children.