Trends in survival of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients in Germany and the USA in the first decade of the twenty-first century

Table 1 Number of cases and characteristics in Germany and the USA for the period 1997–2011

Country	Source population in 2011 (million)	Total cases	Median age at diagnosis	Microscopically confirmed (%)
Germany
Total	28.05	22,257	69	87.7
Gender
Male		12,854	68	88.1
Female		9403	71	87.2
Age groups
15–44		452	NA	89.1
45–54		1639	NA	89.9
55–64		4350	NA	90.2
65–74		7518	NA	88.0
75+		8298	NA	84.9
USA
Total	41.5	24,771	71	89.4
Gender
Male		14,831	70	89.6
Female		9940	73	89.1
Age groups
15–44		511	NA	94.5
45–54		2275	NA	91.9
55–64		5105	NA	90.2
65–74		6636	NA	90.4
75+		10,244	NA	87.5

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