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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA OF CHILDHOOD IN BRISBANE
Author(s) -
McWhirter William R.,
Bacon Janet E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb76952.x
Subject(s) - childhood leukaemia , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , demography , socioeconomic status , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , statistical analysis , pediatrics , environmental health , pathology , population , statistics , surgery , sociology , optics , physics , mathematics
The incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia of childhood in the Brisbane Statistical Division has been studied. Sixty–four cases occurred during a five–year period. A significant difference between the two subdivisions of the Statistical Division was found, with a higher incidence in Brisbane City than in the surrounding area. The average age at presentation of the leukaemic children within Brisbane City was significantly higher than in the rest of the Brisbane Statistical Division. Various socioeconomic and demographic differences exist between the two populations, and these may be responsible for the variation in leukaemia incidence. The findings indicate the need for further, more detailed, epidemiological studies.