Childhood Cancer Mortality, New York State, 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 | 26.0 | 21.3 | 30.2 | 25.2 | 26.0 | 20.6 | 43.0 | 31.3 | 82.2 | 22.4 | 2.2 | 125.2 | 24.6 | 1.9 |
| Bones & joints | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| Soft tissue (including heart) | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Malignant brain / other nervous system | 6.8 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 24.0 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 30.2 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| Leukemias | 8.4 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 11.8 | 8.6 | 24.8 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 36.6 | 7.2 | 1.0 |
| Acute lymphocytic leukemia | 2.2 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 12.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 18.2 | 3.6 | 0.7 |
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.
