1. All Children's Cancers: 2012-2014
Average Number of New Deaths per Year, Crude and World Age-Standardised (AS)
Mortality Rates per Million Population, Ages 0-14, UK
Northern
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland UK
Deaths
117 4 11 6
139
Crude Rate
23.9
15.0
26.0
34.5
24.0
Boys
AS Rate
24.0
14.6
26.9
34.1
24.1
AS Rate - 95% LCL*
21.5
6.3
17.9
18.8
21.8
AS Rate - 95% UCL*
26.5
22.9
35.9
49.4
26.4
Deaths
104 4 7 3
118
Crude Rate
22.2
14.5
17.6
17.2
21.3
Girls
AS Rate
22.2
14.3
18.0
17.7
21.4
AS Rate - 95% LCL*
19.7
5.9
10.4
6.1
19.1
AS Rate - 95% UCL*
24.7
22.8
25.5
29.2
23.6
Deaths
221 8 19 9
257
Crude Rate
23.1
14.8
21.9
26.0
22.7
Children
AS Rate
23.1
14.5
22.5
26.1
22.8
AS Rate - 95% LCL*
21.3
8.6
16.6
16.4
21.1
AS Rate - 95% UCL*
24.9
20.4
28.4
35.8
24.4
95% LCL and 95% UCL are the 95% lower and upper confidence limits around the W-AS Rate
All childhood cancers for England, Wales and Scotland includes all malignant tumours (ICD-10 codes: C00-C97) and all
benign/uncertain or unknown behaviour brain, other central nervous system and intracranial tumours (ICD-10 codes: D32-
D33, D35.2-D35.4, D42-D43 and D44.3-D44.5). Northern Ireland data includes all the above codes except D33.7, D33.9,
D43.7 and D43.9.
Cases for boys and girls may not sum to the total for children due to rounding.
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