title: Incidence and outcome of multiple myeloma in Western Australia, 1960 to 1984.
abstract: All patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma in Western Australia have been registered since 1960; 337 men and 280 women were registered in the period 1960-84. During this period there was a 25% increase in incidence. Age adjusted incidence rates rose from 2.34 per 100,000 person years in men and 1.64 in women during the decade 1960-69 to 2.95 in men and 1.92 in women in 1980-84. Overall, the incidence was 1.36 times higher in men than in women (95% confidence interval 1.16-1.59). Survival from multiple myeloma improved substantially during the period. In 1960-69, median survival for both sexes was six months, in 1970-79 it was 19 months, and in 1980-84 median survival in men was 43 months while in women it was at least five years.
authors.affiliation: NH & MRC Research Unit in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of WA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nandakumar
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: English
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Dougan
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014934:Wood