Childhood Cancer Mortality, New York City, 2016-2020
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 | 8.8 | 16.4 | 9.6 | 19.8 | 14.8 | 33.0 | 13.8 | 31.1 | 33.2 | 23.2 | 19.8-27.0 | 47.0 | 25.2 | 22.1-28.6 |
| Bones & joints | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.0-3.3 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 2.1-4.5 |
| Soft tissue (including heart) | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.4-3.8 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.3-3.3 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0-0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1-0.9 |
| Malignant brain / other central nervous system | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 11.4 | 8.1 | 6.1-10.4 | 14.0 | 7.5 | 5.8-9.5 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0-0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0-0.6 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1-1.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4-1.8 |
| Leukemias | 2.2 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 3.4-6.8 | 10.2 | 5.5 | 4.1-7.2 |
| Acute lymphocytic leukemia | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.9-2.9 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.5-3.6 |
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.
