Table 1 Five-year relative survival (%) of patients diagnosed at age 13–24 during 1979–2001 in England by main diagnostic group

	All			Leukaemia			Lymphoma			CNS			Bone sarcomas			STS			GCTs			Melanoma			Carcinomas
	N	%	P	N	%	P	N	%	P	N	%	P	N	%	P	N	%	P	N	%	P	N	%	P	N	%	P
Sex
Male	17 339	69	<0.001	2129	42	0.016	4607	80	<0.001	1777	59	0.122	1170	46	0.019	950	52	0.012	4022	89	0.730	928	78	<0.001	1548	63	<0.001
Female	14 433	73		1393	47		3583	84		1382	62		769	52		793	58		520	86		1768	89		3931	76
Age (years)
13–16	6682	65	<0.001	1303	47	<0.001	1644	82	0.772	1092	68	<0.001	815	48	0.611	495	58	0.455	381	80	<0.001	244	89	0.158	600	70	0.920
17–20	10 107	70		1194	42		2948	81		922	61		716	46		611	51		1386	87		786	84		1363	73
21–24	14 983	74		1025	40		3598	82		1145	53		408	54		637	55		2775	90		1666	85		3516	72
Deprivation
Most affluent	6353	71	0.001	700	45	0.048	1705	83	0.073	653	61	0.914	408	50	0.904	346	51	0.844	916	87	0.212	595	86	0.861	928	73	0.008
2	6353	71		725	46		1635	82		661	60		412	48		320	55		919	89		584	85		1011	73
3	6355	72		668	42		1663	82		648	62		366	47		339	60		914	89		571	85		1101	73
4	6355	71		723	43		1570	82		599	60		394	48		384	53		884	89		514	83		1168	73
Most deprived	6356	70		706	41		1617	80		598	60		359	51		354	53		909	89		432	87		1271	69
Year of diagnosis
1979–1984	7509	62	<0.001	935	33	<0.001	2031	77	<0.001	763	54	<0.001	544	39	<0.001	424	53	0.152	924	80	<0.001	454	74	<0.001	1309	64	<0.001
1985–1989	7482	71		789	43		2064	82		718	61		446	55		426	53		1063	85		606	86		1224	71
1990–1995	8488	73		929	47		2121	83		869	64		468	52		447	55		1220	92		850	86		1432	74
1996–2001	8293	77		869	54		1974	86		809	63		481	51		446	56		1335	94		786	90		1514	78

CNS=central nervous system tumours; GCTs=germ-cell tumours; STS=soft tissue sarcoma.

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