Table 1.
Distribution of all adolescent and young adult cancers by time period, tumor, and patient characteristics, California, 1988–2014
| Characteristic | Distribution, % |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1988–2000 | 2001–2014 | |
| (n = 107 747) | (n = 117 746) | |
| Cancer site | ||
| Bone and soft tissue sarcoma | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| Brain and CNS: Benign | — | 3.9 |
| Brain and CNS: Invasive | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Breast | 14.1 | 13.8 |
| Cervix | 6.2 | 4.5 |
| Colorectal | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| Kaposi sarcoma | 8.5 | 1.0 |
| Kidney | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Leukemia: ALL | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| Leukemia: AML | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Leukemia: CML | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Lung | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Lymphoma: Hodgkin | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Lymphoma: Non-Hodgkin | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| Melanoma | 10.6 | 9.1 |
| Ovary: Carcinoma | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Ovary: Germ cell | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Stomach | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Testis | 7.5 | 8.5 |
| Thyroid | 7.8 | 12.4 |
| Uterus | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Other* | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| Stage | ||
| Localized | 46.5 | 51.6 |
| Regional | 21.6 | 25.4 |
| Distant | 21.1 | 18.8 |
| In situ | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Unknown | 10.7 | 3.7 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 46.9 | 40.7 |
| Female | 53.1 | 59.3 |
| Other or unknown | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Age group, y | ||
| 15–19 | 5.1 | 7.1 |
| 20–24 | 8.5 | 11.2 |
| 25–29 | 16.6 | 16.8 |
| 30–34 | 28.5 | 25.8 |
| 35–39 | 41.2 | 39.1 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.3 | 9.8 |
| Black | 6.9 | 5.7 |
| Latino white | 23.1 | 33.5 |
| Non-Latino white | 59.5 | 45.9 |
| Other or unknown | 3.2 | 5.1 |
| Socioeconomic status | ||
| High | 21.3 | 20.3 |
| Mid-high | 22.7 | 21.7 |
| Middle | 20.9 | 20.4 |
| Mid-low | 18.5 | 19.4 |
| Low | 16.6 | 18.2 |
*
Other indicates all noncategorized invasive cancers and benign intracranial tumors. See Supplementary Table 2 (available online) for cancer sites included in other. Of the other cancers, 2% and 5.5% are in situ stage in 1988–2000 and 2001–2014, respectively. ALL = acute lymphocytic leukemia; AML = acute myeloid leukemia; CML = chronic myeloid leukemia; CNS = central nervous system.