Table 1 Rates of Osteosarcoma in GB by age, period, region and gender during 1980-2005

Age

Ages 0 to 14

817

279909

2.92

2.78 (2.59,2.97)

406

142623

2.85

2.70 (2.44,2.97)

411

137286

2.99

2.86 (2.58,3.14)

0.9 (0.8,1.1)

Ages 15 to 29

1315

311514

4.22

3.97 (3.76,4.19)

821

156621

5.24

4.95 (4.61,5.29)

494

154894

3.19

2.98 (2.71,3.24)

1.7 (1.5,1.9)

Ages 30 to 49

434

400790

1.08

1.08 (0.97,1.18)

266

199591

1.33

1.33 (1.17,1.49)

168

201199

0.83

0.83 (0.70,0.95)

1.6 (1.3,1.9)

Period

1980 - 1985

524

225881

2.32

2.15 (1.96,2.34)

304

113741

2.67

2.44 (2.17,2.72)

220

112140

1.96

1.85 (1.60,2.10)

1.3 (1.1,1.6)

1986 - 1995

1010

382985

2.64

2.74 (2.57,2.91)

607

192375

3.16

3.21 (2.95,3.47)

403

190609

2.11

2.26 (2.04,2.49)

1.4 (1.2,1.6)

1996 - 2005

1032

383347

2.69

2.84 (2.67,3.02)

582

192718

3.02

3.15 (2.89,3.41)

450

190629

2.36

2.53 (2.29,2.77)

1.2 (1.1,1.4)

Region

North East

123

45292

2.72

2.75 (2.25,3.24)

73

22711

3.21

3.18 (2.44,3.92)

50

22581

2.21

2.31 (1.66,2.96)

1.4 (0.9,1.9)

North West

278

120449

2.31

2.31 (2.03,2.58)

168

60464

2.78

2.73 (2.32,3.15)

110

59985

1.83

1.88 (1.53,2.24)

1.5 (1.1,1.8)

Yorkshire & Humber

236

87272

2.70

2.71 (2.36,3.06)

147

43870

3.35

3.32 (2.78,3.86)

89

43403

2.05

2.09 (1.65,2.53)

1.6 (1.2,2.0)

East Midlands

193

71476

2.70

2.74 (2.34,3.13)

100

36038

2.77

2.78 (2.23,3.33)

93

35438

2.62

2.69 (2.13,3.25)

1.0 (0.7,1.3)

West Midlands

238

93160

2.55

2.59 (2.25,2.92)

128

46964

2.73

2.68 (2.21,3.15)

110

46196

2.38

2.49 (2.02,2.96)

1.1 (0.8,1.4)

East of England

233

91147

2.56

2.64 (2.30,2.99)

129

45929

2.81

2.87 (2.37,3.37)

104

45218

2.30

2.41 (1.94,2.88)

1.2 (0.9,1.5)

London

341

129437

2.63

2.88 (2.56,3.20)

200

64819

3.09

3.31 (2.83,3.78)

141

64618

2.18

2.46 (2.04,2.88)

1.3 (1.0,1.6)

South East

353

135307

2.61

2.67 (2.39,2.95)

197

68226

2.89

2.91 (2.50,3.32)

156

67081

2.33

2.42 (2.04,2.81)

1.2 (0.9,1.5)

South West

198

79244

2.50

2.52 (2.16,2.87)

115

39917

2.88

2.83 (2.30,3.35)

83

39327

2.11

2.20 (1.72,2.69)

1.3 (0.9,1.7)

Wales

119

49236

2.42

2.37 (1.94,2.80)

77

24700

3.12

3.01 (2.33,3.69)

42

24536

1.71

1.72 (1.19,2.25)

1.7 (1.1,2.4)

Scotland

228

90201

2.53

2.55 (2.22,2.89)

144

45202

3.19

3.19 (2.66,3.72)

84

44999

1.87

1.90 (1.48,2.31)

1.7 (1.2,2.1)

Total ¹

2566

992213

2.59

2.64 (2.53,2.74)

1493

498835

2.99

3.00 (2.85,3.16)

1073

493379

2.17

2.27 (2.13,2.41)

1.3 (1.2,1.4)