Table 1 Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) from univariate models for ALL by age group for wards classified according to quintiles of ratio of 1991 to 1981 census population estimates

From: Reply: Population change, population mixing and incidence of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in England and Wales

 

Significance level

IRR in each quintile category

Age group (years)

Heterogeneity

Trend

1 (decline)

2

3

4

5 (increase)

0

0.62

0.40

1

1.42

1.10

1.18

1.44

1–4

0.12

0.08

1

1.00

1.19

1.08

1.11

5–14

1.00

0.99

1

0.97

0.99

0.98

1.00