Table 1 Leukaemia cases born and diagnosed in Great Britain between 1962 and 2006 for whom a birth record and ONS occupation code was available, and their matched controls

	Cases	%	Controls	%
Sex
Males	8840	56	8740	56
Females	6945	44	6898	44
Total	15 785	100	15 638	100
Leukaemia subtype
Lymphoid leukaemia	12 288	78	12 140	78
Acute myeloid leukaemia	2367	15	2371	15
Other leukaemia	1130	7	1127	7
Total leukaemia	15 785	100	15 638	100
Birth year
1962–1969	3482	21	3457	22
1970–1979	3759	24	3745	24
1980–1989	3971	25	3932	25
1990–1999	3620	23	3564	23
2000–2009	953	6	940	6
Total	15 785	100	15 638	100
Social class
I	1128	7	1032	7
II	3300	21	3047	19
IIINM	1901	12	1721	11
IIIM	5470	35	5611	36
IV	2628	17	2687	17
V	952	6	1026	7
Not known	406	3	514	3
Total	15 785	100	15 638	100
Occupational status
Non-manual	6329	40	5800	37
Manual	9050	57	9324	60
Unknown	406	3	514	3
Total	15 785	100	15 638	100
Region
North	897	6	895	6
Yorkshire and Humberside	1403	9	1410	9
East Midlands	1106	7	1043	7
East Anglia	527	3	541	3
South East	5094	32	5052	32
South West	1247	8	1209	8
West Midlands	1586	10	1600	10
North West	1758	11	1698	11
Wales	743	5	733	5
Scotland	1416	9	1450	10
Not known	8	0	7	0
Total	15 785	100	15 638	100

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