Myeloma statistics

Healthcare systems data

Myeloma statistics

Healthcare systems data

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Incidence

Number of new myeloma cases diagnosed each year

(estimated 2018)

Definition

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Incidence refers to the number of new myeloma cases arising in a given period in a specified population. This information is collected routinely by cancer registries in many countries. Here it is expressed as an absolute number of myeloma cases per year. This data is from 2018.

European Cancer Information System. (2018). Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in 2018, for all countries. European Commission. Accessed on 22.10.2019. Available at: ecis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/explo...

Crude incidence rate

(estimated 2018)

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The crude incidence rate is the number of new myeloma cases in a specified population per year. Here incidence is presented as an annual rate per 100,000 of the population. This data is from 2018.

Age standardised incidence rate (ASR)

(estimated 2018)

Definition

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The age standardised rate (ASR) is a weighted mean (average) of the age-specific rates where the weights are taken from the population distribution of a standard population; the ASR is expressed here per 100,000 of the population. Comparison of rates referring to different time periods or different geographical areas is only possible after considering the differences in the age structure of the underlying populations. The age-standardisation allows the comparison of the rates that are arithmetically adjusted to have the same age structure of the standard population. This data is from 2018.

*Please note: if your country does not appear here, it was not included in the dataset. MPE will add this data if it becomes available.