Table 1 Number of cases and percentage of cases diagnosed by death certificate only by registry of patients age 15–69 diagnosed with CML
Registry | Underlying population in 2006 (millions) | Diagnosis period | Cases (1997–2006) | % DCOa(excluded) | Missing date (excluded) | Cases in the analysis | Median age at diagnosis | Microscopically confirmed cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bavaria | 8.13 | 2002-2006 | 285 | 15.4 | 0 | 241 | 55.0 | 100.0 |
Brandenburg | 2.55 | 1997-2006 | 219 | 13.7 | 1 | 189 | 56.0 | 99.4 |
Bremen | 0.66 | 1998-2006 | 53 | 15.1 | 0 | 45 | 62.0 | 95.6 |
Hamburg | 1.75 | 1997-2006 | 160 | 5.6 | 0 | 151 | 53.0 | 100.0 |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1.69 | 1997-2006 | 173 | 11.0 | 0 | 154 | 56.5 | 99.4 |
Lower Saxony | 7.98 | 2001-2006 | 435 | 8.7 | 0 | 397 | 57.0 | 96.4 |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 2.62 | 1997-2004 | 159 | 8.2 | 0 | 146 | 54.0 | 100.0 |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 0.52 | 1998-2006 | 25 | 12.0 | 0 | 22 | 61.0 | 100.0 |
Saarland | 1.04 | 1997-2006 | 94 | 1.1 | 0 | 93 | 58.0 | 100.0 |
Saxony | 4.25 | 1997-2006 | 352 | 19.6 | 0 | 283 | 58.0 | 98.9 |
Schleswig-Holstein | 1.85 | 1999-2006 | 157 | 19.1 | 0 | 127 | 58.0 | 100.0 |
Total | 33.04 | Â | 2112 | 12.5 | 1 | 1848 | 56.0 | 98.8 |