Table 1

Numbers of cases and age-standardized rates (per million population) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) by diagnosis, age-group and sex, 1968–2005



Ages 0–14
Ages 15–24


No.
Rate (95% CI)
No.
Rate (95% CI)

CNS tumours
M
382
31.7 (28.5,35.0)
224
27.3 (23.7,30.9)

F
309
27.6 (24.4,30.7)
165
20.2 (17.1,23.3)
Ependymomas
M
51
4.6 (3.3,5.8)
21
2.6 (1.6,3.9)

F
21
2.0 (1.2,3.1)
6
0.8 (0.3,1.6)
Astrocytomas
M
137
11.1 (9.2,12.9)
76
9.3 (7.2,11.4)

F
126
11.2 (9.2,13.1)
54
6.6 (4.8,8.4)
PNET
M
78
6.7 (5.2,8.2)
13
1.6 (0.8,2.7)

F
45
4.2 (3.0,5.4)
7
0.9 (0.4,1.8)
Other gliomas
M
34
2.9 (1.9,3.8)
36
4.3 (2.9,5.8)

F
34
3.0 (2.0,4.0)
26
3.2 (2.1,4.7)
Sympathetic nervous system tumours
M
102
9.8 (7.9,11.7)
9
1.1 (0.5,2.1)

F
95
9.7 (7.8,11.7)
9
1.1 (0.5,2.2)
Retinoblastoma
M
38
3.9 (2.6,5.1)
0
-

F
50
5.4 (3.9,6.8)
0
-
Renal tumours
M
71
6.8 (5.2,8.4)
8
0.9 (0.4,1.8)

F
85
8.7 (6.9,10.6)
7
0.8 (0.3,1.7)
Hepatoblastomas
M
7
0.7 (0.3,1.5)
0
-

F
10
1.0 (0.5,1.9)
2
0.2 (0.0,0.8)
Bone tumours
M
65
4.7 (3.5,5.8)
114
14.2 (11.6,16.8)

F
56
4.3 (3.2,5.5)
66
8.3 (6.3,10.3)
Osteosarcoma
M
34
2.4 (1.6,3.3)
60
7.5 (5.6,9.5)

F
37
2.8 (1.9,3.8)
39
4.9 (3.4,6.5)
Ewing's sarcoma
M
29
2.1 (1.4,3.0)
36
4.5 (3.0,5.9)

F
16
1.3 (0.7,2.1)
16
2.0 (1.2,3.3)
Soft tissue sarcomas
M
127
11.0 (9.1,13.0)
89
10.9 (8.6,13.2)

F
72
6.2 (4.8,7.7)
94
11.7 (9.3,14.0)
Rhabdomyosarcoma
M
75
6.8 (5.3,8.4)
14
1.8 (1.0,3.0)

F
39
3.6 (2.5,4.7)
21
2.7 (1.6,4.1)
Other
M
52
4.2 (3.0,5.4)
75
9.1 (7.1,11.2)

F
33
2.6 (1.7,3.5)
73
9.0 (6.9,11.1)
Germ cell tumours
M
55
5.2 (3.8,6.6)
292
34.8 (30.8,38.8)

F
60
5.5 (4.1,6.9)
127
15.4 (12.7,18.1)
Gonadal
M
32
3.2 (2.1,4.3)
260
31.0 (27.2,34.7)

F
18
1.4 (0.8,2.2)
86
10.4 (8.2,12.6)
Non-gonadal
M
23
2.0 (1.3,3.0)
32
3.8 (2.5,5.2)

F
42
4.1 (2.9,5.4)
41
5.0 (3.5,6.6)
Carcinomas
M
39
2.9 (2.0,3.9)
221
26.4 (22.9,29.9)

F
54
4.5 (3.3,5.7)
472
56.5 (51.4,61.6)
Thyroid
M
9
0.7 (0.3,1.3)
23
2.8 (1.7,4.1)

F
9
0.7 (0.3,1.4)
61
7.4 (5.6,9.3)
Melanoma
M
7
0.5 (0.2,1.1)
61
7.4 (5.5,9.2)

F
16
1.4 (0.8,2.3)
148
17.9 (15.0,20.7)
Skin
M
4
0.3 (0.1,0.7)
39
4.6 (3.1,6.0)

F
4
0.3 (0.1,0.7)
43
5.2 (3.6,6.7)
Breast
M
0
-
1
0.1 (0.0,0.7)

F
0
-
42
4.9 (3.4,6.4)
Genital/other reproductive
M
0
-
0
-

F
1
0.1 (0.0,0.6)
85
9.9 (7.8,12.0)
Lung and bronchial
M
1
0.1 (0.0,0.4)
7
0.8 (0.3,1.7)

F
2
0.1 (0.0,0.5)
5
0.6 (0.2,1.4)
Colorectal
M
0
-
19
2.3 (1.4,3.6)

F
2
0.1 (0.0,0.5)
9
1.1 (0.5,2.0)

TOTAL
M
886
76.8 (71.7,81.9)
957
115.7 (108.3,123.0)

F
791
73.0 (67.8,78.1)
942
114.3 (107.0,121.6)

Magnanti et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:89   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-89