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Table 1 Summary of leukemia incidence, mortality, and mortality-to-incidence ratio by gender for the regions

From: Gender differences in leukemia outcomes based on health care expenditures using estimates from the GLOBOCAN 2020

Region

Incidence, number

Mortality, number

Incidence, crude rate

Mortality, crude rate

MIR

 

Total

Female

Male

Total

Female

Male

Total

Female

Male

Total

Female

Male

Total

Female

Male

Relative MIR

Global

474,519

205,016

269,503

311,594

133,776

177,818

6.1

5.3

6.9

4

3.5

4.5

0.66

0.66

0.65

1.01

Continent

 Africa

32,138

14,297

17,841

23,891

10,629

13,262

2.4

2.1

2.7

1.8

1.6

2

0.75

0.76

0.74

1.03

 Latin America and Caribbean

38,256

17,298

20,958

27,631

12,496

15,135

5.8

5.2

6.5

4.2

3.8

4.7

0.72

0.73

0.72

1.01

 Northern America

67,784

28,154

39,630

26,871

11,172

15,699

18.4

15.1

21.7

7.3

6

8.6

0.40

0.40

0.40

1

 Asia

230,650

98,750

131,900

168,119

70,377

97,742

5

4.4

5.6

3.6

3.1

4.1

0.72

0.70

0.73

0.95

 Europe

100,020

44,216

55,804

62,262

27,916

34,346

13.4

11.4

15.4

8.3

7.2

9.5

0.62

0.63

0.62

1.02

 Oceania

5,671

2,301

3,370

2,820

1,186

1,634

13.3

10.8

15.8

6.6

5.6

7.6

0.50

0.52

0.48

1.08

WHO region

 Western Pacific

126,250

54,816

71,434

89,528

38,025

51,503

6.4

5.7

7.1

4.6

3.9

5.2

0.72

0.68

0.73

0.93

 Europe

111,438

49,339

62,099

70,385

31,465

38,920

11.9

10.3

13.7

7.5

6.5

8.6

0.63

0.63

0.63

1

 Americas

106,040

45,452

60,588

54,502

23,668

30,834

10.4

8.8

12

5.3

4.6

6.1

0.51

0.52

0.51

1.02

 South-East Asia

75,360

31,438

43,922

55,997

22,825

33,172

3.7

3.2

4.2

2.8

2.3

3.2

0.76

0.72

0.76

0.95

 East Mediterranean

32,938

14,015

18,923

24,465

10,375

14,090

4.5

4

5

3.3

2.9

3.7

0.73

0.72

0.74

0.97

 Africa

22,385

9,909

12,476

16,652

7,387

9,265

2

1.8

2.2

1.5

1.3

1.7

0.75

0.72

0.77

0.93

Development index

 Very high

205,780

88,585

117,195

114,133

49,404

64,729

13.2

11.2

15.2

7.3

6.2

8.4

0.55

0.55

0.55

1

 High

167,149

72,513

94,636

121,631

51,977

69,654

5.7

5

6.4

4.2

3.6

4.7

0.74

0.72

0.73

0.99

 Medium

80,695

34,655

46,040

60,031

25,373

34,658

3.5

3.1

3.9

2.6

2.2

2.9

0.74

0.71

0.74

0.96

 Low

20,690

9,173

11,517

15,670

6968

8702

2.1

1.9

2.3

1.6

1.4

1.8

0.76

0.74

0.78

0.95

  1. WHO world health organization; MIR mortality-to-incidence ratio