Childhood Cancer Mortality, New York City, 2005-2009
Source: New York State Cancer Registry
| Cause of Death | Ages 0-4 | Ages 5-9 | Ages 10-14 | Ages 15-19 | Combined Ages 0-14 | Combined Ages 0-19 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | 95% CI (+/-) | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | 95% CI (+/-) | |
| All Invasive Malignant Tumors | 12.2 | 21.3 | 13.4 | 26.5 | 11.2 | 22.4 | 18.8 | 36.1 | 36.8 | 23.4 | 3.4 | 55.6 | 26.6 | 3.1 |
| Bones & joints | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 |
| Soft tissue (including heart) | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Malignant brain / other nervous system | 3.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 9.4 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 11.6 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| Leukemias | 4.4 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 18.8 | 9.0 | 1.8 |
| Acute lymphocytic leukemia | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 1.2 |
Notes
- Rates are per 1,000,000 children. Rates for 0-14 and 0-19 year age inervals are age-adjusted within these interval to the 2000 US standard population, with 95% confidence intervals.
- Rates based on fewer than 4 deaths per year are unstable and should be used with caution.
