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Table 5 Death rates from iron overload per 1,000 patient years in thalassaemia major in the UK, by decade.

From: Improved survival of thalassaemia major in the UK and relation to T2* cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Iron overload

 

Patient years

     

Deaths from iron overload

   

Year of birth

Births

Before 1960

1960–69

1970–79

1980–89

1990–99

2000–03

Total

Before 1960

1960 – 69

1970 – 79

1980 – 89

1990 – 99

2000 – 03

Total

Before 1960

55

263

454

312

186

140

48

1403

0

1

14

6

2

0

23

1960–69

166

 

842

1,452

1,205

948

346

4,793

 

0

7

27

15

1

50

1970–79

216

  

1,107

2,081

1,814

665

5,667

  

0

4

23

1

28

1980–89

212

   

1,234

1,982

750

3,966

   

0

6

4

10

1990–99

172

    

952

683

1,635

    

0

0

0

2000–2003

29

     

92

92

     

0

0

TOTAL

850

263

1,296

2,871

4,706

5,836

2,584

17,556

 

1

21

37

46

6

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