Table I.
Distribution of initial cancer diagnosis
| Index cancer diagnosis |
All patients | Age 0-14 at diagnosis | Age 15-19 at diagnosis | Age 20-34 at diagnosis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | person- years |
N | % | person- years |
N | % | person- years |
N | % | person- years |
|
| CNS tumor | 1346 | 14.6 | 19880 | 752 | 25.5 | 12034 | 188 | 14.1 | 3092 | 406 | 8.2 | 4753 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 1084 | 11.7 | 15590 | 136 | 4.6 | 2086 | 275 | 20.7 | 3688 | 673 | 13.5 | 9817 |
| Leukemia | 1064 | 11.5 | 14322 | 852 | 28.9 | 11924 | 90 | 6.8 | 1102 | 122 | 2.5 | 1296 |
| Thyroid | 867 | 9.4 | 15687 | 41 | 1.4 | 649 | 139 | 10.5 | 2635 | 687 | 13.8 | 12403 |
| Melanoma | 598 | 6.5 | 9530 | 21 | 0.7 | 410 | 73 | 5.5 | 1206 | 504 | 10.1 | 7915 |
| Germ cell tumor | 625 | 6.8 | 9402 | 66 | 2.2 | 1088 | 86 | 6.5 | 1204 | 473 | 9.5 | 7110 |
| NHL | 557 | 6.0 | 8395 | 200 | 6.8 | 3086 | 79 | 5.9 | 1077 | 278 | 5.6 | 4232 |
| Bone tumor | 317 | 3.4 | 6143 | 101 | 3.4 | 1820 | 77 | 5.8 | 1491 | 139 | 2.8 | 2831 |
| Soft tissue sarcoma | 292 | 3.2 | 5049 | 125 | 4.2 | 2122 | 39 | 2.9 | 783 | 128 | 2.6 | 2144 |
| Kidney | 277 | 3.0 | 4953 | 232 | 7.9 | 4153 | 6 | 0.5 | 80 | 39 | 0.8 | 720 |
| Breast | 236 | 2.6 | 3451 | 1 | 0.03 | 22 | 6 | 0.5 | 115 | 229 | 4.6 | 3314 |
| Neuroblastoma | 161 | 1.7 | 2579 | 151 | 5.1 | 2467 | 2 | 0.2 | 5 | 8 | 0.2 | 108 |
| Retinoblastoma | 115 | 1.2 | 2297 | 115 | 3.9 | 2297 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| Salivary gland | 65 | 0.7 | 1180 | 9 | 0.3 | 230 | 10 | 0.8 | 135 | 46 | 0.9 | 815 |
| All other cancers combined (including unknown type) |
1641 | 17.8 | 28990 | 146 | 5.0 | 9928 | 259 | 19.5 | 4392 | 1236 | 24.9 | 22556 |
| Total | 9,245 | 100% | 147,446 | 2,948 | 100% | 46,412 | 13,29 | 100% | 21,004 | 4,968 | 100% | 80,031 |
Abbreviations: CNS, central nervous system; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.