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Table 2 Number of cases and age-standardised incidence rates (ASR) per million persons per year by diagnostic group, sex and time period

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

   

1981 - 1988

 

1989 - 1995

 

1996 - 2002

%annual

 
  

N

ASR (95% CI)

N

ASR (95% CI)

N

ASR (95% CI)

change

Pa

Osteosarcoma

All persons

82

2.65 (2.07,3.22)

71

2.85 (2.18,3.52)

83

3.51 (2.75,4.28)

2.54%

0.02

 

Male

48

3.03 (2.17,3.88)

44

3.44 (2.41,4.46)

50

4.28 (3.08,5.47)

3.13%

0.08

 

Female

34

2.27 (1.50,3.03)

27

2.26 (1.48,3.30)

33

2.74 (1.79,3.69)

1.75%

0.30

Chondrosarcoma

All persons

37

1.10 (0.75,1.46)

14

0.46 (0.25,0.78)

22

0.74 (0.46,1.13)

-0.80%

0.71

 

Male

20

1.19 (0.72,1.83)

9

0.58 (0.26,1.11)

18

1.23 (0.72,1.97)

2.75%

0.51

 

Female

17

1.02 (0.59,1.63)

5

0.35 (0.10,0.82)

4

0.26 (0.07,0.66)

-3.77%

0.14

Ewing sarcoma

All persons

73

2.44 (1.88,3.00)

42

1.75 (1.22,2.29)

51

2.21 (1.60,2.83)

-0.44%

0.72

 

Male

42

2.77 (1.93,3.61)

29

2.40 (1.60,3.46)

27

2.37 (1.55,3.45)

-1.00%

0.47

 

Female

31

2.11 (1.36,2.86)

13

1.09 (0.58,1.87)

24

2.06 (1.31,3.08)

0.51%

0.82

  1. a. P value for test of no annual change