Research Article

Treatment and Survival in Acute Leukemia: A New South Wales Study Comparing Adolescents and Young Adults with Children and Adults

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with ALL and AML by age in NSW cancer registry, 2003–2015.

ALL (N = 1053)AML (N = 566)
0–14 (n = 761)15–24 (n = 162)25–39 (n = 130)0–14 (n = 149)15–24 (n = 129)25–39 (n = 288)

Sex0.0360.535
 Female336 (44.2)54 (33.3)52 (40.0)62 (41.6)62 (48.1)125 (43.4)
 Male425 (55.9)108 (66.7)78 (60.0)87 (58.4)67 (51.9)163 (56.6)
Country of birth<0.001<0.001
 Australia707 (92.9)129 (79.6)84 (64.6)138 (92.6)108 (83.7)184 (63.9)
 Other English-speaking20 (2.6)9 (5.6)10 (7.7)4 (2.7)5 (3.9)14 (4.9)
 Non-English-speaking31 (4.1)24 (14.8)36 (27.7)5 (3.4)16 (12.4)80 (27.8)
 Unknown3 (0.4)0 (0)0 (0)2 (1.3)0 (0)10 (3.5)
Residential remoteness0.9950.753
 Major cities570 (74.9)122 (75.3)98 (75.4)115 (77.2)96 (74.4)227 (78.8)
 Inner region137 (18.0)30 (18.5)23 (17.7)24 (16.1)26 (20.2)43 (14.9)
 Outer region and remote54 (7.1)10 (6.2)9 (6.9)10 (6.7)7 (5.4)18 (6.3)
SEIFA quintiles0.9870.637
 1st (most disadvantaged)139 (18.3)26 (16.1)21 (16.2)23 (15.4)31 (24.0)60 (20.8)
 2nd134 (17.6)27 (16.7)24 (18.5)39 (26.2)27 (20.9)67 (23.3)
 3rd186 (24.4)36 (22.2)31 (23.9)30 (20.1)23 (17.8)60 (20.8)
 4th151 (19.8)34 (21.0)27 (20.8)24 (16.1)22 (17.1)47 (16.3)
 5th (least disadvantaged)150 (19.7)39 (24.1)27 (20.8)33 (22.2)25 (19.4)54 (18.8)
 Unknown1 (0.1)0 (0)0 (0)01 (0.8)0 (0)
Diagnosis period0.3590.976
 2003–2007283 (37.2)57 (35.2)46 (35.4)56 (37.6)48 (37.1)102 (35.4)
 2008–2012297 (39.0)60 (37.0)43 (33.1)57 (38.6)52 (40.1)114 (39.6)
 2013–2015181 (23.8)45 (27.8)41 (31.5)36 (24.2)29 (22.5)72 (25.0)
Vital status on 31st Dec. 2015<0.0010.520
 Alive672 (88.3)117 (72.2)79 (60.8)113 (75.8)90 (69.8)197 (68.4)
 Died of leukemia77 (10.1)42 (25.9)40 (30.8)33 (22.2)35 (27.1)85 (29.5)
 Died of other causes other than leukemia12 (1.6)3 (1.9)11 (8.5)3 (2.0)4 (3.1)6 (2.1)

Numbers in the table: case number (%). from the Chi-square test (or Fisher’s exact chi-square test when a cell count <5) excluding “unknown.” Abbreviations: SEIFA: socio-economic index for areas; ALL: acute lymphoid leukemia; AML: acute myeloid leukemia.