title: Incidence and prevalence of myelodysplastic syndromes: data from the Düsseldorf MDS-registry.
abstract: Population-based data on patients with MDS are scarce. Here we report the incidence and prevalence of MDS based on data from the Düsseldorf MDS Registry. Cases in the city of Düsseldorf in the study period were identified from the MDS Registry. We calculated crude, calendar-year, age- and sex-specific and European Standard Population age-standardized incidence rates as well as point prevalences per 100,000 The crude incidence rate was 4.15/100,000/year and the point prevalence per 100,000 persons of 7. We found that the incidence and prevalence of MDS was higher in men than women and increased sharply with increasing age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. Judith.Neukirchen@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neukirchen
authors.forename: Wilma M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Schoonen
authors.forename: Corinna
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Strupp
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gattermann
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aul
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Germing
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors