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Table 4 Comparison of age groups of the leukemia cases by gender and region

From: The burden of leukemia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 15 years period (1999–2013)

Variables

Children

Adults

Elderly

 
 

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

P value

Gender

 Male

1,882

56.7

2,090

55.0

1,012

63.4

< 0.001

 female

1,436

43.3

1,709

45.0

583

36.6

 

Regions

 Central

1,127

34.2

1,252

33.1

529

33.3

0.612

 Western

704

21.3

833

22.0

323

20.3

 

 Eastern

540

16.4

611

16.2

256

16.1

 

 Madinah

442

13.4

552

14.6

244

15.4

 

 Southern

486

14.7

532

14.1

236

14.9