Table 1.

Age-standardized incidence rates (per 1,000,000 person-years) of overall cancer among children aged 0-14 years during the period of 1978-2012 by country or region.

		1978-1982	1983-1987	1988-1992	1993-1997	1998-2002	2003-2007	2008-2012	APPC	95% CI
Americas
	USA (excluding Hawaii)	129.29	137.13	142.79	135.52	154.03	149.31	151.20	2.7	0.5-6.0
	Hawaii, USA	100.66	177.44	130.29	146.41	142.61	128.62	142.93	1.2	-2.4-4.9
	Canada	137.24	152.71	139.84	143.52	142.26	149.61	167.52	1.6	-0.9-4.1
	Colombia	117.24	122.46	118.77	134.90	133.98	145.39	148.56	4.2	3.6-4.9
Asia
	Chinese mainland	106.53	110.46	106.42	114.91	100.02	103.68	106.92	3.2	1.5-4.9
	Hong Kong, China	145.69	171.20	151.69	132.89	128.68	138.67	146.63	-3.1	-5.2–1
	India	70.33	78.76	79.87	90.32	96.97	88.36	88.88	4.5	1.5-7.6
	Israel	125.09	121.96	122.39	132.87	137.56	146.12	152.95	3.7	3.2-4.1
	Japan	110.05	124.55	128.54	127.96	111.05	118.18	123.89	0.6	-3.4-4.9
	Kuwait	88.28	108.59	111.02	101.79	205.28	127.00	110.00	4.7	-9.1-20.5
Europe, others
	France	123.04	117.83	134.18	134.46	136.83	135.76	158.42	4.2	0.8-7.6
	Germany	122.86	146.54	118.27	166.21	122.50	138.75	138.22	0.5	-7.3-8.9
	Italy	138.70	147.64	137.98	166.91	200.50	178.04	171.37	6.1	4.6-7.6
	Slovakia	123.20	128.19	130.12	126.25	128.94	136.84	172.47	3.9	2.9-4.9
	Slovenia	110.16	109.11	113.17	139.40	142.79	138.17	135.47	0.0	-2.8-2.9
	Spain	140.42	129.29	134.41	159.48	173.23	154.82	159.53	3.8	0.5-7.2
	Switzerland	108.92	151.60	127.47	168.90	169.07	129.10	138.44	2.7	-3.1-8.9
	UK	124.61	123.41	133.09	131.07	130.17	134.00	130.75	0.9	0.2-1.5
Europe, Scandinavian Countries
	Denmark	122.04	150.98	138.23	141.26	131.01	133.85	146.86	0.7	-2.7-4.2
	Iceland	115.67	126.73	110.09	140.55	110.96	109.45	128.82	0.0	-7.6-8.3
	Norway	131.05	150.47	129.06	149.14	127.90	144.30	146.43	0.4	-4.2-5.3
Oceania
	Australia	143.85	130.17	140.47	151.05	143.45	148.35	154.40	2.0	0-4.1
	New Zealand	140.32	161.97	161.86	154.37	145.24	139.03	148.50	-0.7	-3.4-2

Aberration: APPC, average period percentage change.