Research Paper Volume 14, Issue 7 pp 3175—3190

Burden of lymphoma in China, 1990−2019: an analysis of the global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors study 2019

Weiping Liu1, *, , Jiangmei Liu2, *, , Yuqin Song1, , Xiaopei Wang1, , Lan Mi1, , Cai Cai3, , Donglu Zhao4, , Lijun Wang2, , Jun Ma4, , Jun Zhu1, ,

  • 1 Department of Lymphoma, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research Ministry of Education, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
  • 2 National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
  • 3 Beijing Institute of Survey and Mapping, Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Urban Spatial Information Engineering, Beijing, China
  • 4 Department of Hematology and Oncology, Harbin Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Harbin, China
* Equal contribution and co-first authors

Received: November 27, 2021       Accepted: March 25, 2022       Published: April 10, 2022      

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.204006
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Abstract

Background: China is facing an aggravating disease burden of lymphoma. However, accurate information about lymphoma burden at the national and provincial levels is limited.

Results: The estimated number of disability-adjusted life years were 86,171.85 for Hodgkin lymphoma and 1,306,247.77 for non-Hodgkin lymphoma with the age-standardized rates of 4.95 and 71.00, respectively, per 100,000 population. There were estimated 9,468 new cases and 2,709 Hodgkin lymphoma-related deaths, and 91,954 new cases and 44,310 non-Hodgkin lymphoma-related deaths. Older individuals had a higher lymphoma burden. The age-standardized disability-adjusted life year rate in men was approximately two-folds higher than that in women. Moreover, disparities in lymphoma burden were observed across the provinces. Between 1990 and 2019, the disability-adjusted life year number decreased by 57.8% for Hodgkin lymphoma, and increased by 100.9% for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Conclusion: Burden of lymphoma showed heterogeneous change patterns varied according to sex, age, and provinces, with a steady decrease in Hodgkin lymphoma and a significant increase in non-Hodgkin lymphoma during the past three decades.

Methods: Following the analytical strategy used in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019, age-, sex-, and province-specific incidence, mortality, and prevalence of Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma were analyzed. Lymphoma burden was assessed by incidence, mortality, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life year.

Abbreviations

ASIR: age-standardized incidence rates; ASMR: age-standardized mortality rates; DALYs: disability-adjusted life-years; GBD: Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors; HL: Hodgkin lymphoma; NHL: non-Hodgkin lymphoma; OS: overall survival; SDI: sociodemographic index; UI: uncertainty interval.