Table 5. Ranking of selected diagnostic groups based on the number (N) of deaths from 1981 to 2005 and ranking based on the number of new cases registered in England from 1979 to 2003 in persons at 13–29 years.
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Mortality
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Incidence
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| Group | N | % a | Rank | N | % b | Rank | I:M ratio c |
| Eye, brain, and other parts of CNS | 2473 | 13.9 | 1 | 6003 | 8.2 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Myeloid and monocytic leukaemia | 1899 | 10.7 | 2 | 3095 | 4.2 | 8 | 1.6 |
| Lymphoid leukaemia | 1843 | 10.4 | 3 | 2663 | 3.7 | 11 | 1.4 |
| Bone and articular cartilage | 1538 | 8.7 | 4 | 2760 | 3.8 | 10 | 1.8 |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | 1513 | 8.5 | 5 | 4873 | 6.7 | 6 | 3.2 |
| Hodgkin's lymphoma | 1209 | 6.8 | 6 | 9778 | 13.4 | 1 | 8.1 |
| Mesothelial and soft tissue | 1019 | 5.7 | 7 | 2539 | 3.5 | 13 | 2.5 |
| Melanoma of skin | 731 | 4.1 | 8 | 6744 | 9.3 | 3 | 9.2 |
| Cervix | 713 | 4.0 | 9 | 5520 | 7.6 | 5 | 7.7 |
| Breast | 683 | 3.9 | 10 | 3874 | 5.3 | 7 | 5.7 |
| Testis | 590 | 3.3 | 11 | 9757 | 13.4 | 2 | 16.5 |
| Other sites in GI tract | 487 | 2.7 | 12 | 819 | 1.1 | 19 | 1.7 |
| Colorectal | 485 | 2.7 | 13 | 1511 | 2.1 | 16 | 3.1 |
| Respiratory and intrathoracic organs | 402 | 2.3 | 14 | 1051 | 1.4 | 18 | 2.6 |
| Ovary | 376 | 2.1 | 15 | 2417 | 3.3 | 14 | 6.4 |
| Benign and uncertain behaviour - CNS | 373 | 2.1 | 16 | 2627 | 3.6 | 12 | 7.0 |
| Other sites in GU organs | 338 | 1.9 | 17 | 1762 | 2.4 | 15 | 5.2 |
| Liver | 295 | 1.7 | 18 | 389 | 0.5 | 20 | 1.3 |
| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 276 | 1.6 | 19 | 1254 | 1.7 | 17 | 4.5 |
| Thyroid and other endocrine glands | 272 | 1.5 | 20 | 3063 | 4.2 | 9 | 11.3 |
| Other and unspecified lympho-haematopoietic | 222 | 1.3 | 21 | 381 | 0.5 | 21 | 1.7 |
| All groups | 17 737 | 100 | 72 880 | 100 | 4.1 | ||
a
Percentage of all deaths.
b
Percentage of all new cases.
c
Incidence to mortality ratio; number of new cases divided by number of deaths.