Table 3.

Frequency of occurrence of the 10 most frequent types of cancer and incidence rate per 100,000 children below the age of 15 years in Basra, Iraq in 2017

Type of cancer	n (%)	Incidence rate per 100,000 children
Leukaemia	56 (39.2)	4.7
Brain/CNS	24 (16.8)	2.0
Lymphoma	14 (9.8)	1.2
Bone	12 (8.4)	1.0
Soft tissue	9 (6.3)	0.7
Kidney	7 (4.9)	0.6
Neuroblastoma	7 (4.9)	0.6
Other BM disorders	4 (2.8)	0.3
Eye	3 (2.1)	0.2
Liver	2 (1.4)	0.2
Total (n = 143)	138 (96.5)	11.5

CNS = central nervous system; BM = bone marrow.