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Age/gender distribution of autopsied padiatric malignancies
| Type | M/F ratio |
0–4 | 5–9 | 10–14 | Total |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
1.25:1 | 13 | 29 | 30 | 72 |
| Burkitt's Lymphoma | 1.1:1 | 12 | 33 | 16 | 61 |
| Hodgkin's Disease | 2:0 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Intracranial Tumours |
1.13:1 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 31+1* |
| Nephroblastoma | 1.36:1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| Leukemias | 1:1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| Hepatic tumours | 2:1 | 6 | - | 4 | 10 |
| Sarcomas | 1.6:1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Neuroblastoma | 2:1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Retinoblastoma | 4:1 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Others | 1.6:1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| Total | 1.23:1 | 75 | 98 | 78 | 252 |
