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. 2015 Aug 24;33(27):3065–3073. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.60.6376

Table 2.

Estimated Annual Cases of Childhood Cancer Worldwide by Region

Region Total Population* U5MR* Percentage of Total Population Age 0-14 Years* Population Age 0-14 Years Percentage of Global Population Age 0-14 Years Incidence of Childhood Cancer (per million)§ Childhood Cancer Cases
No. %
Europe 743,008,000 7 15.6 115,857,187 6.3 139 16,104 9.9
North America 353,860,000 7 19.0 67,220,072 3.6 165 11,091 6.8
Latin American and Caribbean 611,122,000 21 26.0 158,891,720
    Caribbean 40,972,000 34 24.9 10,195,443 0.6 79 805 0.5
    Central America 164,211,000 18 29.0 47,559,950 2.6 99 4,708 2.9
    South America 405,938,000 22 25.0 101,351,072 5.5 117 11,858 7.3
Africa 1,150,795,000 96 40.0 460,318,000
    Northern Africa 223,477,000 42 32.2 71,942,482 3.9 117 8,417 5.2
    Eastern Africa 363,289,000 84 43.9 159,659,240 8.6 103 16,445 10.1
    Middle Africa 143,590,000 113 43.0 61,788,040 3.3 78 4,819 3.0
    Western Africa 338,190,000 124 43.0 145,275,339 7.9 57 8,281 5.1
    Southern Africa 56,091,000 61 29.0 16,239,477 0.9 46 747 0.5
Asia 4,306,686,000 44 24.3 1,046,524,698
    Western 247,120,000 32 29.5 72,910,480 3.9 120 8,749 5.4
    Eastern 1,590,701,000 17 16.7 265,708,479 14.4 74 19,662 12.1
    South Central 1,831,151,000 63 29.3 536,639,626 29.0 64 34,345 21.1
    South Eastern 637,714,000 31 26.6 169,424,119 9.2 92 15,587 9.6
Oceania 36,709,000 20 22.3 8,202,179 0.4 120 984 0.6
Summary 7,176,023,000 53 40.0 1,849,909,185 28.6 88 162,603

Abbreviation: U5MR, under-5 mortality rate (ie, mortality rate for children younger than age 5 years).

*

U5MR is the probability of dying between birth and exactly 5 years of age expressed per 1000 live births. See United States Census Bureau, International Programs, International Database12 for a list of countries included in each region.

Values obtained from calculations based on population and incidence data shown.

Values represent results of calculation of percentage indicated in Percentage of Total Population Age 0-14 Years column of total population included in Total Population column.

§

Source: International Agency for Research on Cancer: GLOBOCAN 2012.11