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A Five-year Epidemiologic Study of Childhood Leukemia in Busan City, 1996 to 2000  

Moon, Jae Hoon (Department of Pediatrics, Inje University College of Medicine)
Lee, Soon Yong (Department of Pediatrics, Inje University College of Medicine)
Sinn, Jong Beom (Department of Pediatrics, Inje University College of Medicine)
Park, Jae Sun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine Kosin Medical Center)
Lee, Young Ho (Department of Pediatrics, Dong-A University College of Medicine)
Lim, Young Tak (Department of Pediatrics, Busan University College of Medicine)
Park, Su Eun (Department of Pediatrics, Busan University College of Medicine)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.46, no.10, 2003 , pp. 972-976 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : For the control of childhood leukemia, of which the mortality is still high, the basic data for the incidence has a great importance. The authors analyzed the data from 133 new patients with childhood leukemia between 1996-2000 in Busan, Korea. Methods : The data were obtained from 133 new cases(87 males and 46 females from 0 to 15 years old) of childhood leukemia who were residents of Busan and who were admitted to the 4 university hospitals and 11 general hospitals from 1996 to 2000. Results : The total number of the new childhood leukemia patients was 133 between 1996-2000; the average annual number of new patients was 26.6. The age-and-sex adjusted annual incidence rate (/100,000) was in the range of 2.37-4.53(male 2.47-5.29, female 0.76-3.36) with an average of 3.29 (male 4.05, female 2.43). Age-specific annual incidence rate(/100,000) was 3.78 in the 0-4 year age group, 3.51 in the 5-9 year age group and 3.08 in the 10-14 year age group. Of the major types of childhood leukemia, the distribution of ALL was average 71.4%, of AML 23.3%, and of CML 4.5%. Of the major types of leukemia by age range, ALL showed highest in the 5-9 year age group, while AML in 0-4 and 10-14 year age groups. Sex-ratio(male to female) of major type of leukemia was 1.97 : 1 and 1.21 : 1, in ALL and AML groups, respectively, while all were male in CML. Conclusion : The average age-and-sex adjusted annual incidence rate(/100,000) of childhood leukemia in Busan from 1996 to 2000 was 3.29. Compared to data in related articles, this data suggests a steady increase in the incidence of childhood leukemia in the Busan area over the last 20 years since 1981.
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Childhood leukemia; Epidemiology; Busan city;
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