Leukaemia mortality in Trinidad and Tobago 1957-1976

Leukaemia mortality in Trinidad and Tobago over the period 1957-1976 was reviewed. The mortality rate was stable except for an unexplained drop in the adult leukaemia mortality in 1966/67. Throughout the period, annual deaths due to leukaemia were less than one percent of the total annual deaths from all causes. The age and sex patterns of leukaemia mortality were similar to that of the United States of America but the overall mortality rate of 24 per million was low when compared with that of the USA where the rate in 1971 was 70 per million.