Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, 4534 11th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun;100(6):1081-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.164236. Epub 2010 Feb 18.
Through a sister-university relationship between the University of Basrah and the University of Washington, we analyzed Ibn Ghazwan Hospital's leukemia registry data to evaluate trends in childhood leukemia since 1993.
We documented leukemia cases among children aged 0 to 14 years for each of the last 15 years. Population data were obtained from a 1997 census and various subsequent estimates to calculate rates.
We observed 698 cases of childhood leukemia between 1993 and 2007, ranging between 15 cases (2.6 per 100 000 annual rate) in the first year and 56 cases (6.9 per 100 000 annual rate) in the final year, reaching a peak of 97 cases in 2006 (12.2 per 100 000 annual rate).
Childhood leukemia rates in Basrah more than doubled over a 15-year period. The test for trend was significant (P = .03). Basrah's childhood leukemia rate compared unfavorably with neighboring Kuwait and nearby Oman, as well as the United States, the European Union, and other countries.
通过巴士拉大学与华盛顿大学的姊妹校关系，我们分析了 Ibn Ghazwan 医院的白血病登记数据，以评估自 1993 年以来儿童白血病的趋势。
我们记录了过去 15 年来每年 0 至 14 岁儿童的白血病病例。人口数据来自 1997 年的人口普查和随后的各种估计，以计算发病率。
我们观察到 1993 年至 2007 年间有 698 例儿童白血病，发病范围从第一年的 15 例（每 10 万人年发病率为 2.6）到最后一年的 56 例（每 10 万人年发病率为 6.9），在 2006 年达到高峰，为 97 例（每 10 万人年发病率为 12.2）。
在 15 年期间，巴士拉的儿童白血病发病率增加了一倍以上。趋势检验具有统计学意义（P =.03）。与邻近的科威特和阿曼以及美国、欧盟和其他国家相比，巴士拉的儿童白血病发病率较低。
