Table 2.

Numbers of cancers diagnosed in children born in 1965 or later compared with number expected on basis of cancer incidence rates for England and Wales

	Father reported				Mother reported
Cancer and age group (years)	Observed	Expected	Standardised incidence ratio (95% CI)*		Observed	Expected	Standardised incidence ratio (95% CI) *
All malignancies
0-24	52	52.87	98 (73 to 129)		12	12.47	96 (50 to 168)
0-14	36	36.50	99 (69 to 137)		9	8.30	108 (50 to 206)
Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
0-24	20	16.95	118 (72 to 182)		5	3.92	127 (41 to 298)
0-14	18	14.01	128 (76 to 203)		4	3.19	126 (34 to 321)
Leukaemia
0-24	15	13.71	109 (61 to 180)		3	3.17	95 (20 to 277)
0-14	14	11.96	117 (64 to 196)		3	2.73	110 (23 to 321)
All malignancies except leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
0-24	32	35.95	89 (61 to 126 )		7	8.55	82 (33 to 169)
0-14	18	22.50	80 (47 to 126)		5	5.12	98 (32 to 228)

^*Adjusted for sex, age (5 year groups), and calendar period (single years).