. 2005 Apr 4;5:33. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-5-33

Table 3.

Comparison of annual age-adjusted rates of lymphoid leukemias per million for Mexican and Salvadoran children with those for Hispanic children from three U.S. Cancer Registries and for children from Costa Rica

*Leukemia type*	*SEER 2001 All races* (30)	*Mexico City, IMSS*	*Texas* (34)	*California* (3)	*SEER 1992–1998 Hispanics* (29)	*El Salvador*	*Florida* (4)	*Costa Rica* (5)
Lymphoid leukemia	33.2	44.9	52.0	44.0	43.0	34.2*	49.7	43.1

IMSS = Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

* This rate is only for children 0–11 years old.

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