TABLE 8-44Average Annual Incidence (per 100,000) of Multiple Myeloma in the United Statesa

 55–59 Years Old60–64 Years Old65–69 Years Old
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Men11.610.525.018.816.647.228.727.061.7
Women  8.6  7.717.113.111.530.718.515.746.9
a

aSurveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, nine standard registries, crude age-specific rates, 2005–2009 (NCI, 2013).

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