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Table 1 Number of cases and age-standardised incidence rates (ASR) per million persons per year by diagnostic group, sex and age-group (in years), 1981-2002

From: The epidemiology of bone cancer in 0 - 39 year olds in northern England, 1981 - 2002

   

0 - 14

 

15 - 29

 

30 - 39

0 - 39

  

N

ASR (95% CI)

N

ASR (95% CI)

N

ASR (95% CI)

ASR (95% CI)

Osteosarcoma

All persons

82

2.48 (1.94,3.02)

135

4.53 (3.76,5.29)

19

0.98 (0.59,1.53)

2.97 (2.59,3.35)

 

Male

45

2.66 (1.88,3.44)

83

5.56 (4.36,6.76)

14

1.44 (0.79,2.41)

3.51 (2.93,4.09)

 

Female

37

2.30 (1.55,3.04)

52

3.49 (2.54,4.44)

5

0.52 (0.17,1.20)

2.42 (1.93,2.91)

Chondrosarcoma

All persons

2

0.06 (0.01,0.23)

36

1.17 (0.79,1.55)

35

1.80 (1.20,2.40)

0.78 (0.60,0.96)

 

Male

1

0.06 (0.00,0.32)

23

1.50 (0.95,2.25)

23

2.38 (1.51,3.57)

1.00 (0.71,1.29)

 

Female

1

0.07 (0.00,0.38)

13

0.83 (0.44,1.42)

12

1.22 (0.63,2.14)

0.55 (0.36,0.81)

Ewing sarcoma

All persons

73

2.24 (1.73,2.76)

85

2.85 (2.24,3.46)

8

0.41 (0.18,0.82)

2.14 (1.82,2.47)

 

Male

40

2.42 (1.67,3.17)

54

3.62 (2.66,4.59)

4

0.42 (0.11,1.07)

2.51 (2.01,3.01)

 

Female

33

2.06 (1.35,2.76)

31

2.08 (1.34,2.81)

4

0.41 (0.11,1.05)

1.77 (1.35,2.20)