Leukemias in Bolivia - Instituto Biología Celular

Leukemias in Bolivia - Updated data April 2023

Number of pediatric leukemia cases diagnosed in Bolivia, 1999 – 2023

	Female		Male		Total
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Age
0 a 4	359	34%	450	34%	809	34%
5 a 9	293	28%	322	25%	615	26%
10 a 14	261	25%	324	25%	585	25%
15 a 18	152	14%	210	16%	362	15%
Total	1065	100%	1306	100%	2371	100%

Source: UBC database, 1999 – april 2023.

Distribution of types of pediatric leukemia by departments, Bolivia 1999 – 2023

	SC	LP	CB	CH	OR	PT	TJ	BN	PA	Total	%
ALL	797	453	369	46	67	50	47	47	8	1884	79%
AML	188	81	93	10	10	5	14	18	3	422	18%
MPAL	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	1%
CML	17	9	11	5	4	1	2	2	0	51	2%
Total	1006	549	476	61	81	56	63	68	11	2371	100%
%	42%	23%	20%	3%	3%	2%	3%	3%	0%	100%

ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML: acute myeloid leukemia; MPAL: Mixed phenotype acute leukemia; CML: chronic myeloid leukemia.

Source: UBC database, 1999 – april 2023.

Evolution of the number of pediatric leukemia cases diagnosed by management, Bolivia 1999 – 2023

Year	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total*	18	31%	22	26	51	46	66	70	94	110	92	125	103	114	123	122	143	113	145	165	138	111
ALL	14	26	19	21	41	35	52	54	69	82	70	103	81	90	100	99	112	92	116	134	120	95
AML	4	5	3	4	9	8	11	14	21	27	20	16	22	21	23	21	25	17	23	28	13	14
MPAL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
CML	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	4	1	2	5	0	3	0	2	6	4	6	2	0	1

Year	2021	2022	2023	TOTAL
Total*	159	135	49	2371
ALL	110	109	40	1884
AML	40	25	8	422
MPAL	4	1	0	14
CML	5	0	1	51

Total*: represents the number of pediatric leukemia cases diagnosed per year. ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, AML: acute myeloid leukemia, MPAL: mixed phenotype acute leukemia, CML: chronic myeloid leukemia. Source: UBC database, 1999 – april 2023.

Number of adult cases of leukemia diagnosed in Bolivia, 1999 – 20223

	Female		Male		Total
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Age
19 a 28	218	20%	294	23%	512	21%
29 a 38	166	15%	220	17%	386	16%
39 a 48	186	17%	204	16%	390	16%
49 a 58	188	17%	187	14%	375	16%
59 a 68	152	14%	180	14%	332	14%
>69	202	18%	211	16%	413	17%
Total	1112	100%	1296	100%	2408	100%

Source: UBC database, 1999 – april 2023.

Distribution of types of leukemia in adults by department, Bolivia 1999 -2023

	SC	LP	CB	CH	OR	PT	TJ	BN	PA	Total	%
ALL	277	213	214	35	40	31	37	13	4	864	36%
CLL	44	34	47	0	1	1	5	0	0	132	5%
AML	195	206	216	23	29	24	15	6	1	715	30%
CML	123	173	149	26	22	18	25	9	1	546	23%
MPAL	1	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0%
PV/TE	26	51	48	4	5	4	5	0	0	143	6%
Total	666	681	676	88	97	78	88	28	6	2408	100%
%	28%	28%	28%	4%	4%	3%	4%	1%	0%	100%

ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia, AML: acute myeloid leukemia, CML: chronic myeloid leukemia, MPAL: mixed phenotype acute leukemia, PV/ET: polycythemia vera/essential thrombocythemia. Source: UBC database, 1999 – april 2023.

essential thrombocythemia = trombocitemia esencial

Evolution of the number of adult leukemia cases diagnosed by management, Bolivia 1999 – 2023

Year	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total*	13	29	14	15	22	25	44	40	46	54	66	114	107	136	134	126	184	159	212	181	128	120
ALL	8	18	5	2	5	7	13	9	6	14	20	33	36	40	39	45	69	52	75	71	65	51
CLL	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	2	7	3	4	5	5	12	8	14	7	12	8	8	5
AML	4	6	2	4	7	7	11	9	17	11	16	36	31	45	42	39	47	61	62	67	23	39
CML	1	4	6	9	10	8	14	19	19	20	22	37	29	39	31	28	44	31	41	27	24	21
MPAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
PV	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	4	3	4	5	10	6	6	4	12	6	3	3
ET	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	4	10	2	4	0

Year	2021	2022	2023	TOTAL
Total*	226	163	50	2408
ALL	102	59	20	864
CLL	9	14	1	132
AML	62	51	16	715
CML	34	21	7	546
MPAL	1	1	0	8
PV	7	4	3	85
ET	11	13	3	58

Total*: represents the number of leukemia cases diagnosed per year. ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia, AML: acute myeloid leukemia, CML: chronic myeloid leukemia, MPAL: mixed phenotype acute leukemia, PV: polycythemia vera, ET: essential thrombocythemia. Source: UBC database, 1999 – april 2023.

essential thrombocythemia = trombocitemia esencial