Childhood Cancer Mortality, New York City, 2015-2019
Source: New York State Cancer Registry
| Cause of Death | Ages 0-4 | Ages 5-9 | Ages 10-14 | Ages 15-19 | Combined Ages 0-14 | Combined Ages 0-19 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | 95% CI | Avg Annual Deaths | Rate per 1,000,000 | 95% CI | |
| All Invasive Malignant Tumors | 10.8 | 19.8 | 8.6 | 17.7 | 13.6 | 30.0 | 13.6 | 30.3 | 33.0 | 22.6 | 19.3-26.3 | 46.6 | 24.5 | 21.5-27.9 |
| Bones & joints | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.8-2.9 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 1.9-4.2 |
| Soft tissue (including heart) | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.1-3.4 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.1-2.9 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0-0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0-0.7 |
| Malignant brain / other central nervous system | 2.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 5.2-9.2 | 13.0 | 6.9 | 5.3-8.8 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0-0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0-0.6 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1-1.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.5-1.9 |
| Leukemias | 3.6 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 4.4-8.2 | 12.8 | 6.7 | 5.2-8.6 |
| Acute lymphocytic leukemia | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.1-3.3 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 1.8-4.0 |
Notes
- Rates are per 1,000,000 children. Rates for 0-14 and 0-19 year age intervals are age-adjusted within these interval to the 2000 US standard population, with 95% confidence intervals.
- Rates based on fewer than 4 deaths per year are unstable and should be used with caution.
