Relative excess risk of death (RER) due to diagnosis of multiple myeloma by treatment era in New South Wales, Australia, in 1985–2015 with 5-year follow-up (to 2020)
| Item | RER | 95% confidence interval | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment era | < 0.0001 | ||
| 1985–1995 | 1.00 | ||
| 1996–2007 | 0.73 | (0.69–0.78) | |
| 2008–2015 | 0.48 | (0.45–0.52) | |
| Gender | 0.27 | ||
| Female | 1.00 | ||
| Male | 1.03 | (0.98–1.09) | |
| Age group (years) | < 0.0001 | ||
| 20–69 | 1.00 | ||
| 70–79 | 1.71 | (1.61–1.82) | |
| 80–89 | 2.76 | (2.57–2.96) | |
| Year of follow-up | < 0.0001 | ||
| 1 | 1.00 | ||
| 2 | 0.70 | (0.65–0.76) | |
| 3 | 0.71 | (0.66–0.77) | |
| 4 | 0.64 | (0.59–0.70) | |
| 5 | 0.62 | (0.56–0.68) |