Table 3 The trend of Saudi leukemia cases by years and regions (1999–2013)
From: The burden of leukemia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 15 years period (1999–2013)
Variables | Male | Female | Total | p- value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Years | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | (males/females) |
1999 | 254 | 5.1 | 195 | 5.2 | 449 | 5.2 | 0.550 |
2000 | 259 | 5.2 | 216 | 5.8 | 475 | 5.5 | |
2001 | 300 | 6.0 | 193 | 5.2 | 493 | 5.7 | |
2002 | 275 | 5.5 | 209 | 5.6 | 484 | 5.6 | |
2003 | 276 | 5.5 | 208 | 5.6 | 484 | 5.6 | |
2004 | 291 | 5.8 | 230 | 6.2 | 521 | 6.0 | |
2005 | 296 | 5.9 | 206 | 5.5 | 502 | 5.8 | |
2006 | 328 | 6.6 | 225 | 6.0 | 553 | 6.3 | |
2007 | 355 | 7.1 | 253 | 6.8 | 608 | 7.0 | |
2008 | 364 | 7.3 | 268 | 7.2 | 632 | 7.3 | |
2009 | 367 | 7.4 | 287 | 7.7 | 654 | 7.5 | |
2010 | 391 | 7.8 | 276 | 7.4 | 667 | 7.7 | |
2011 | 394 | 7.9 | 344 | 9.2 | 738 | 8.5 | |
2012 | 432 | 8.7 | 335 | 9.0 | 767 | 8.8 | |
2013 | 402 | 8.1 | 283 | 7.6 | 685 | 7.9 | |
Regions | |||||||
Central | 1,673 | 33.7 | 1,235 | 33.3 | 2,908 | 33.6 | 0.948 |
Western | 1,069 | 21.6 | 791 | 21.3 | 1,860 | 21.5 | |
Eastern | 802 | 16.2 | 605 | 16.3 | 1,407 | 16.2 | |
Southern | 705 | 14.2 | 549 | 14.8 | 1,254 | 14.5 | |
Madinah | 711 | 14.3 | 527 | 14.2 | 1,238 | 14.3 | |