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This study examines the relationship between social vulnerability and mortality rates in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) patients.

December 8, 2025BloodOpen Access

Social vulnerability and mortality trends in Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the United States adults (2010 to 2020): The paradoxical role of minority-language communities

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Analysis reveals that higher social vulnerability may correlate with lower mortality in minority-language communities for AML patients.

This study examines the relationship between social vulnerability and mortality rates in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) patients.
Analyzed county-level Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) data across four domains: socioeconomic status, household composition, minority status & language, housing & transportation.
Used Poisson regression models to assess mortality rates across different age groups in various SVI quartiles.
Compared crude mortality rates (CMR) from 2010 to 2020 based on the SVI quartile categorization.
From 2010 to 2020, higher overall SVI was associated with lower mortality rates among AML patients.
In adults aged <65, higher SVI in the minority status and language domain was linked to significantly lower mortality.
Adults aged ≥65 showed lower mortality with higher SVI in socioeconomic and minority domains, but increased mortality with higher SVI in housing domain.

Karen K. Ballen (2025) studied this question.

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