Table 1. South Texas childhood cancer 5-year relative survival in different gender and races/ethnicities, 1995–2017a.
| Diagnosis age and race/ethnicity | Male and female | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (Percentage, %) | Relative survival (SE, %) | N (Percentage, %) | Relative survival (SE, %) | N (Percentage, %) | Relative survival (SE, %) | |
| 0–<1 year | ||||||
| All Races | 440 (100) | 75.0 (2.1) | 234 (100) | 75.1 (2.9) | 206 (100) | 74.9 (3.1) |
| NHW | 85 (19.32) | 81.5 (4.3) | 45 (19.23) | 84.7 (5.6) | 40 (19.42) | 77.9 (6.7) |
| Hispanics | 336 (76.36) | 73.0 (2.5) | 176 (75.21) | 72.3 (3.4) | 160 (77.67) | 73.8 (3.5) |
| Blacks | 16 (3.64) | 82.4 (9.9) | 12 (5.13) | 76.1 (12.7) | 4 (1.94) | 100.0 (0.0) |
| 1–4 years | ||||||
| All Races | 1,392 (100) | 83.1 (1.0) | 782 (100) | 82.9 (1.4) | 610 (100) | 83.4 (1.6) |
| NHW | 279 (20.04) | 82.5 (2.3) | 159 (20.33) | 81.8 (3.1) | 120 (19.67) | 83.5 (3.5) |
| Hispanics | 1,059 (76.08) | 83.0 (1.2) | 594 (75.96) | 82.6 (1.6) | 465 (76.23) | 83.6 (1.8) |
| Blacks | 34 (2.44) | 85.0 (6.2) | 18 (2.3) | 94.5 (5.4) | 16 (2.62) | 74.1 (11.2) |
| 5–9 years | ||||||
| All Races | 1,122 (100) | 81.6 (1.2) | 630 (100) | 81.6 (1.6) | 492 (100) | 81.5 (1.8) |
| NHW | 212 (18.89) | 86.3 (2.4) | 107 (16.98) | 86.1 (3.5) | 105 (21.34) | 86.5 (3.4) |
| Hispanics | 873 (77.81) | 80.1 (1.4) | 507 (80.48) | 80.3 (1.8) | 366 (74.39) | 79.8 (2.2) |
| Blacks | 23 (2.05) | 87.0 (7.0) | 11 (1.75) | 100.0 (0.0) | 12 (2.44) | 75.0 (12.5) |
| 10–14 years | ||||||
| All Races | 1,130 (100) | 78.1 (1.3) | 588 (100) | 78.6 (1.8) | 542 (100) | 77.6 (1.9) |
| NHW | 234 (20.71) | 83.6 (2.5) | 123 (20.92) | 80.8 (3.6) | 111 (20.48) | 86.6 (3.4) |
| Hispanics | 847 (74.96) | 76.7 (1.5) | 438 (74.49) | 78.3 (2.1) | 409 (75.46) | 75.0 (2.2) |
| Blacks | 32 (2.83) | 74.6 (7.8) | 16 (2.72) | 75.1 (10.8) | 16 (2.95) | 74.1 (11.2) |
| 15–19 years | ||||||
| All Races | 1,725 (100) | 79.4 (1.0) | 941 (100) | 75.4 (1.5) | 784 (100) | 84.2 (1.3) |
| NHW | 396 (22.96) | 86.0 (1.8) | 204 (21.68) | 81.4 (2.9) | 192 (24.49) | 90.9 (2.1) |
| Hispanics | 1,255 (72.75) | 77.5 (1.2) | 699 (74.28) | 73.7 (1.7) | 556 (70.92) | 82.2 (1.7) |
| Blacks | 52 (3.01) | 73.7 (6.4) | 26 (2.76) | 69.2 (9.2) | 26 (3.32) | 77.9 (8.9) |
| 0–19 years | ||||||
| All Races | 7,999 (100) | 80.3 (0.5) | 4,314 (100) | 78.8 (0.6) | 3,685 (100) | 82.0 (0.7) |
| NHW | 1,787 (22.34) | 85.1 (0.9) | 931 (21.58) | 83.0 (1.3) | 856 (23.23) | 87.3 (1.2) |
| Hispanics | 5,880 (73.51) | 78.8 (0.6) | 3,214 (74.5) | 77.5 (0.8) | 2,666 (72.35) | 80.4 (0.8) |
| Blacks | 229 (2.86) | 77.8 (2.8) | 116 (2.69) | 77.6 (4.0) | 113 (3.07) | 77.7 (4.1) |
a P values < 0.05 for the below comparisons: NHW vs. Hispanics (male and female: 5–9 years, 10–14 years, 15–19 years, and 0–19 years; male: 15–19 years and 0–19 years; female: 10–14 years, 15–19 years, and 0–19 years); male vs. female (all races/ethnicities, Hispanics and NHW: 15–19 years and 0–19 years). P values > 0.05 for all other comparisons. Survival rates for groups with other races were not calculated due to the small event number.