1. All Childhood Cancers: 2009-2011
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
113 4 10 4
132
Crude Rate
23.8
16.3
23.7
21.9
23.3
Male
AS Rate
23.6
15.6
24.2
22.7
23.3
AS Rate - 95% LCL
21.1
7.1
15.7
9.9
21.0
AS Rate - 95% UCL
26.1
24.0
32.8
35.6
25.6
Deaths
101 5 9 5
120
Crude Rate
22.3
18.5
21.6
28.9
22.3
Female
AS Rate
22.4
18.5
21.6
28.7
22.3
AS Rate - 95% LCL
19.9
8.8
13.4
14.2
20.0
AS Rate - 95% UCL
24.9
28.2
29.7
43.3
24.7
Deaths
215 9 19 9
252
Crude Rate
23.0
17.4
22.7
25.3
22.8
Persons
AS Rate
23.0
17.0
22.9
25.6
22.8
AS Rate - 95% LCL
21.2
10.6
17.0
16.0
21.2
AS Rate - 95% UCL
24.8
23.4
28.8
35.3
24.4
95% LCL and 95% UCL are the 95% lower and upper confidence limits around the AS Rate.
All childhood cancers includes all malignant tumours (ICD-10 codes: C00-C97), and all benign, uncertain or unknown behaviour brain and other CNS tumours (ICD-10
codes: D32-D33, D35.2-D35.4, D42-D43 and D44.3-D44.5, except for Northern Ireland for which ICD-10 codes: D32,D33.0-D33.4, D35.2-D35.4, D42, D43.0-D43.4 and
D44.3-D44.5 are included).
Note:
These rates are per million population and deaths for males and females may not add up to the total for all persons due to rounding.
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Prepared by Cancer Research UK
Original data sources:
1. Office for National Statistics Mortality Statistics: Deaths registered in England and Wales
2. General Register Office for Scotland, Deaths Time Series Data, Deaths in Scotland
3. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Deaths by cause