Table 1 Leukaemia, lymphoma and CNS tumours amongst teenagers and young adults in England, 1996-2005
Diagnostic groupa | Cases (subgroup%) | Incidence rate (per 106person-years) |
|---|---|---|
Leukaemia | ||
Acute lymphoid leukaemia (ALL) | 591 (45%) | 9.7 |
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) | 463 (36%) | 7.6 |
Chronic Myeloid leukaemia (CML) | 147 (11%) | 2.4 |
Other leukaemia | 98 (8%) | 1.6 |
All leukaemias | 1299 | 21.3 |
Lymphoma | ||
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) | 991 (32%) | 16.3 |
Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) | 2079 (68%) | 34.1 |
All lymphomas | 3070 | 50.3 |
CNS tumours | ||
Astrocytoma | 629 (33%) | 10.3 |
Other Glioma | 195 (10%) | 3.2 |
Ependymoma | 99 (5%) | 1.6 |
Medulloblastoma | 111 (6%) | 1.8 |
Other Specified CNS | 702 (37%) | 11.5 |
Unspecified CNS | 146 (8%) | 2.4 |
All CNS tumours | 1882 | 30.9 |
All leukaemia, lymphoma and CNS tumours | 6251 | 102.5 |