Table 5 Ranking of selected diagnostic groups based on the number (N) of deaths from 1981 to 2005 and ranking based on the number of new cases registered in England from 1979 to 2003 in persons at 13–29 years
From: Cancer mortality in 13 to 29-year-olds in England and Wales, 1981–2005
Mortality | Incidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | N | %a | Rank | N | %b | Rank | I:M ratio c |
Eye, brain, and other parts of CNS | 2473 | 13.9 | 1 | 6003 | 8.2 | 4 | 2.4 |
Myeloid and monocytic leukaemia | 1899 | 10.7 | 2 | 3095 | 4.2 | 8 | 1.6 |
Lymphoid leukaemia | 1843 | 10.4 | 3 | 2663 | 3.7 | 11 | 1.4 |
Bone and articular cartilage | 1538 | 8.7 | 4 | 2760 | 3.8 | 10 | 1.8 |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | 1513 | 8.5 | 5 | 4873 | 6.7 | 6 | 3.2 |
Hodgkin's lymphoma | 1209 | 6.8 | 6 | 9778 | 13.4 | 1 | 8.1 |
Mesothelial and soft tissue | 1019 | 5.7 | 7 | 2539 | 3.5 | 13 | 2.5 |
Melanoma of skin | 731 | 4.1 | 8 | 6744 | 9.3 | 3 | 9.2 |
Cervix | 713 | 4.0 | 9 | 5520 | 7.6 | 5 | 7.7 |
Breast | 683 | 3.9 | 10 | 3874 | 5.3 | 7 | 5.7 |
Testis | 590 | 3.3 | 11 | 9757 | 13.4 | 2 | 16.5 |
Other sites in GI tract | 487 | 2.7 | 12 | 819 | 1.1 | 19 | 1.7 |
Colorectal | 485 | 2.7 | 13 | 1511 | 2.1 | 16 | 3.1 |
Respiratory and intrathoracic organs | 402 | 2.3 | 14 | 1051 | 1.4 | 18 | 2.6 |
Ovary | 376 | 2.1 | 15 | 2417 | 3.3 | 14 | 6.4 |
Benign and uncertain behaviour - CNS | 373 | 2.1 | 16 | 2627 | 3.6 | 12 | 7.0 |
Other sites in GU organs | 338 | 1.9 | 17 | 1762 | 2.4 | 15 | 5.2 |
Liver | 295 | 1.7 | 18 | 389 | 0.5 | 20 | 1.3 |
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 276 | 1.6 | 19 | 1254 | 1.7 | 17 | 4.5 |
Thyroid and other endocrine glands | 272 | 1.5 | 20 | 3063 | 4.2 | 9 | 11.3 |
Other and unspecified lympho-haematopoietic | 222 | 1.3 | 21 | 381 | 0.5 | 21 | 1.7 |
All groups | 17 737 | 100 | 72 880 | 100 | 4.1 | ||
