Table 1.

Characteristics of children aged below 15 years diagnosed with cancer during 2001–2021, according to cancer group.

Patient characteristics	Any childhood cancer		Haematological cancers		CNS tumours		Solid tumours
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	3,255	100	1,295	100	867	100	1,093	100
Sex
Female	1,528	47	544	42	431	50	553	51
Male	1,727	53	751	58	436	50	540	49
Agea	5.5	2.5, 10.5	5.3	3.0, 10.2	6.9	3.2, 10.6	4.0	1.2, 10.6
Age group
Below 1 year	377	12	60	5	71	8	246	23
1–5 years	1,352	42	654	50	320	37	378	35
6–10 years	792	24	303	23	271	31	218	20
11–14 years	734	23	278	21	205	24	251	23
Relapse
No	2,641	81	1,137	88	620	72	884	81
Yes	614	19	158	12	247	28	209	19
Stem cell transplant
No	2,985	92	1,123	87	855	99	1,007	92
Yes	270	8.3	172	13	12	1	86	8
- Allogenic	162	60	161	94	0	0	1	1
- Autologous	102	38	6	3	11	92	85	99
- Unknown	6	2	5	3	1	8	0	0

^aMedian (interquartile range).