Epidemiology study of Leukemia Incidences among patients from Baghdad, AL-Karkh District Iraq, Carrying four different types of Leukemia

This study carried out in National Center for Research and Treatment of Blood Disease in Baghdad, Iraq. More than 300 patients have been recorded in the above center with more than 60 different Leukemia types, Because of difficulties in coverage all different types of Leukemia, The current study has focused and selected only four major types of the Leukemia to be studied in details including : Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Chronic Lymphoblastic Leukemia (CLL), Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) and Acute myeloid leukemia (AML).Only one hundred five of three hundred Iraqi patients have been examined and studied their differences in Ganders, Counts, Ages, percentages and distributions in Iraq among the above four types of Leukemia. ALL was seen as ordinary type of leukemia 48%, whereas the AML 25%, CLL. 19% and CML 8%, decreased respectively. The incidence rate for leukemia in 105 ganders was included 53 males (50.47%) and 52 females (49.52%). The incidence rate of leukemia was generally high in old age groups and in the peak in the age group (70 year). Furthermore, the demography of all four types of leukemia cases were distributed in 12 Iraqi governorates but the highest one in all types of Leukemia was distributed in Baghdad. The aims of current study were to announce the major and minor types of Leukemia particularly in Iraq and identify each type according to this disease.