Table 3

Numbers of cases aged 15–24 years, age-standardized rates (per million population) and 95% CIs, average annual percentage rate changes and 95% CIs, by diagnosis, sex and time period and test for sex-difference in temporal trend (P-value)




1968–1980

1981–1993

1994–2005
% Ann Inc
M/F diff

CNS tumours
Male
87
29.0 (22.9,35.1)
84
28.4 (22.3,34.5)
53
23.6 (17.3,30.0)
-0.5 (-1.9,0.8)
0.60

Female
59
19.8 (14.7,24.8)
59
20.2 (15.1,25.4)
47
20.8 (14.9,26.8)
0.0 (-1.5,1.5)

Ependymomas
Male
8
2.7 (1.2,5.3)
10
3.4 (1.6,6.3)
3
1.3 (0.3,3.9)
-2.1 (-5.5,1.4)
0.19

Female
2
0.7 (0.1,2.5)
1
0.4 (0.0,2.1)
3
1.3 (0.3,3.9)
3.2 (-3.9,10.3)

Astrocytomas
Male
28
9.4 (6.2,13.6)
25
8.6 (5.6,12.7)
23
10.2 (6.5,15.3)
0.4 (-1.9,2.7)
0.71

Female
21
7.0 (4.4,10.8)
17
5.8 (3.4,9.3)
16
7.1 (4.0,11.5)
-0.2 (-2.4,2.0)

PNET
Male
8
2.6 (1.1,5.2)
3
1.0 (0.2,2.9)
2
0.9 (0.1,3.2)
-2.8 (-7.9,2.2)
0.99

Female
4
1.4 (0.4,3.5)
2
0.7 (0.1,2.5)
1
0.5 (0.0,2.6)
-2.9 (-8.8,3.1)

Other gliomas
Male
14
4.6 (2.5,7.8)
17
5.6 (3.3,9.0)
5
2.2 (0.7,5.2)
-1.4 (-4.4,1.5)
0.99

Female
11
3.6 (1.8,6.5)
10
3.6 (1.7,6.7)
5
2.2 (0.7,5.1)
-1.4 (-5.3,2.4)

Sympathetic nervous system tumours
Male
1
0.3 (0.0,1.8)
6
2.1 (0.8,4.6)
2
0.9 (0.1,3.2)
1.5 (-4.1,7.0)
0.71

Female
2
0.7 (0.1,2.4)
3
1.1 (0.2,3.1)
4
1.9 (0.5,4.8)
3.1 (-3.4,9.7)

Retinoblastoma
Male
0
-
0
-
0
-
-
-

Female
0
-
0
-
0
-
-

Renal tumours
Male
1
0.3 (0.0,1.8)
3
1.0 (0.2,2.9)
4
1.7 (0.5,4.3)
2.8 (-4.0,9.6)
0.32

Female
3
1.0 (0.2,3.0)
3
0.9 (0.2,2.7)
1
0.4 (0.0,2.4)
-1.8 (-7.9,4.3)

Hepatoblastomas
Male
0
-
0
-
0
-
-
-

Female
1
0.3 (0.0,1.8)
1
0.3 (0.0,1.7)
0
-
-4.4 (-16.0,7.3)

Bone tumours
Male
36
12.1 (8.2,16.1)
50
17.7 (12.8,22.6)
28
12.6 (8.4,18.3)
0.2 (-1.7,2.0)
0.15

Female
19
6.4 (3.9,10.0)
22
7.9 (4.9,11.9)
25
11.6 (7.5,17.1)
2.2 (0.2,4.2)

Osteosarcoma
Male
20
6.8 (4.2,10.6)
23
8.2 (5.2,12.3)
17
7.7 (4.5,12.3)
0.1 (-2.6,2.8)
0.10

Female
10
3.4 (1.6,6.2)
12
4.3 (2.2,7.5)
17
7.9 (4.6,12.7)
3.5 (0.5,6.5)

Ewing's sarcoma
Male
9
3.0 (1.4,5.7)
20
7.0 (4.3,10.8)
7
3.2 (1.3,6.6)
1.0 (-1.9,4.0)
0.50

Female
6
2.1 (0.8,4.5)
5
1.7 (0.6,4.1)
5
2.3 (0.8,5.4)
-0.7 (-4.8,3.4)

Soft tissue sarcomas
Male
27
9.1 (6.0,13.3)
29
9.9 (6.6,14.2)
33
14.6 (9.6,19.6)
1.9 (-0.4,4.2)
0.55

Female
27
9.2 (6.1,13.4)
39
13.3 (9.1,17.5)
28
12.7 (8.4,18.4)
1.0 (-0.8,2.9)

Rhabdomyosarcoma
Male
5
1.7 (0.6,4.0)
2
0.7 (0.1,2.6)
7
3.2 (1.3,6.6)
3.0 (-1.5,7.5)
0.74

Female
4
1.4 (0.4,3.6)
13
4.6 (2.5,7.9)
4
1.8 (0.5,4.5)
2.0 (-2.2,6.1)

Other
Male
22
7.4 (4.6,11.2)
27
9.1 (6.0,13.3)
26
11.4 (7.5,16.7)
1.7 (-1.0,4.4)
0.60

Female
23
7.8 (4.9,11.7)
26
8.7 (5.7,12.7)
24
10.9 (7.0,16.3)
0.7 (-1.7,3.2)

Germ cell tumours
Male
70
23.1 (17.7,28.6)
115
37.5 (30.6,44.4)
107
46.5 (37.7,55.3)
2.1 (0.6,3.7)
0.74

Female
44
14.6 (10.3,18.9)
35
11.6 (7.8,15.5)
48
21.6 (15.5,27.7)
1.7 (-0.2,3.6)

Gonadal
Male
65
21.5 (16.2,26.7)
101
32.8 (26.4,39.3)
94
40.9 (32.6,49.1)
1.9 (0.3,3.4)
0.51

Female
29
9.6 (6.4,13.8)
26
8.6 (5.6,12.7)
31
13.8 (9.0,18.7)
1.0 (-1.0,3.0)

Non-gonadal
Male
5
1.7 (0.5,3.9)
14
4.6 (2.5,7.8)
13
5.6 (3.0,9.6)
4.4 (1.1,7.7)
0.65

Female
15
5.0 (2.8,8.2)
9
3.0 (1.4,5.7)
17
7.8 (4.5,12.4)
3.2 (-0.7,7.1)

Carcinomas
Male
78
25.7 (20.0,31.4)
75
24.6 (19.0,30.2)
68
29.7 (22.6,36.8)
0.2 (-1.4,1.8)
0.07

Female
131
43.1 (35.7,50.5)
164
53.9 (45.6,62.1)
177
78.2 (66.7,89.7)
2.2 (0.7,3.7)

Thyroid
Male
6
2.0 (0.7,4.3)
8
2.8 (1.2,5.5)
9
3.9 (1.8,7.4)
2.5 (-2.2,7.2)
0.90

Female
13
4.4 (2.3,7.5)
22
7.4 (4.6,11.3)
26
11.5 (7.5,16.9)
2.8 (0.1,5.6)

Melanoma
Male
20
6.7 (4.1,10.4)
22
7.2 (4.5,10.9)
19
8.3 (5.0,13.0)
0.6 (-2.1,3.3)
0.03

Female
25
8.3 (5.3,12.2)
54
17.8 (13.0,22.5)
69
30.8 (23.5,38.1)
4.6 (2.2,7.1)

Skin
Male
9
2.9 (1.3,5.5)
9
2.9 (1.3,5.5)
21
9.1 (5.6,13.8)
4.7 (0.5,8.9)
0.61

Female
11
3.6 (1.8,6.5)
12
4.1 (2.1,7.1)
20
8.8 (5.4,13.6)
3.2 (-0.4,6.9)

Breast
Male
0
-
0
-
1
0.5 (0.0,2.6)
11.8 (-8.4,32.0)
0.25

Female
14
4.5 (2.5,7.6)
18
5.7 (3.4,9.0)
10
4.3 (2.1,8.0)
-0.3 (-2.9,2.3)

Genital/other reproductive
Male
0
-
0
-
0
-
-
-

Female
31
10.0 (6.5,13.5)
28
8.8 (5.9,12.8)
26
11.3 (7.4,16.6)
0.5 (-1.7,2.8)

Lung and bronchial
Male
4
1.3 (0.4,3.4)
3
1.0 (0.2,2.9)
0
-
-6.2 (-12.5,0.2)
0.23

Female
2
0.7 (0.1,2.4)
1
0.3 (0.0,1.7)
2
0.9 (0.1,3.3)
0.0 (-7.7,7.8)

Colorectal
Male
10
3.3 (1.6,6.1)
5
1.7 (0.6,4.0)
4
1.7 (0.5,4.4)
-3.5 (-7.4,0.4)
0.01

Female
1
0.3 (0.0,1.8)
3
1.0 (0.2,2.9)
5
2.2 (0.7,5.0)
8.2 (0.1,16.3)


TOTAL
Male
300
99.8 (88.5,111.1)
362
121.1 (108.6,133.6)
295
129.7 (114.9,144.5)
0.8 (-0.2,1.8)
0.30

Female
286
95.2 (84.1,106.2)
326
109.2 (97.3,121.1)
330
147.2 (131.3,163.1)
1.6 (0.5,2.7)


Figures are counts, ASRs with 95% CIs, Annual Percentage Change in ASR with 95% CIs (estimated from linear regression model) and p value for testing M/F difference in trend (obtained from year *sex interaction term in linear regression model)

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