Table 1 Diagnostic groups based on the ICD-10 codes used for the analysis of the mortality data of persons aged 13–29 years in England and Wales from 1981 to 2005

From: Cancer mortality in 13 to 29-year-olds in England and Wales, 1981–2005

Description

Main group

Subgroup

ICD-10 codes

Lip, oral cavity and pharynx

C00–C14

Digestive organs

 

C15–C26

 

Colorectal

C18, C19, C20

 

Liver

C22

 

Other sites in GI tract

C15–C17, C21, C23–C26

Respiratory and intra-thoracic organs

C30–C39

Bone and articular cartilage

C40–C41

Melanoma of skin

C43

Mesothelial and soft tissue

C45–C49

Breast

C50

Genitourinary organs

C51–C68

 

Cervix

C53

 

Ovary

C56

 

Testis

C62

 

Other sites

C51, C52, C54, C55, C57–C61, C63–C68

Eye, brain, and other parts of CNS

C69–C72

Thyroid and other endocrine glands

C73–C75

Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic, and related tissue

C81–C96

 

Lymphoid leukaemia

C91

 

Myeloid and monocytic leukaemia

C92, C93

 

Hodgkin's lymphoma

C81

 

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

C82, C83, C84, C85

 

Other and unspecified lympho-haematopoietic

C88, C90, C94, C95, C96

Other malignant neoplasms

C44, C76–C80, C97

Benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain behaviour

D10-D48

 

Eye, brain, and other parts of CNS

D31, D32, D33, D42, D43

 

Other sites

D10-D30, D34-D41, D44-D48