Minnesota CLL incidence rates

May 28, 2011

The Minnesota Department of Health has published a long term

study of CLL rates on their webpage...

The CLL incidence rate in Minnesota has increased modestly

over the past 20 years.

" CLL incidence increased by about 1.4% per year from 1988

to 2008, with similar increases for each gender. "

Link here

or

May 28, 2011

For the researchers and doctors out there, does the " better

health care " and laboratory based reporting explain this?

Could it be that this is not just a trend in Minnesota, but

we are not seeing it in other places because of the above

factors? Are we just catching CLL more often or is there a

true increase in cases? And of course, if that is the case,

what might explain it?

I know the answers to any of these questions would be

opinions without data to support them.

Pat

On 5/28/11, cllcanada <cllcanada@...> wrote:

> " CLL incidence increased by about 1.4% per year from 1988

> to 2008, with similar increases for each gender. "

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