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Table 2 Frequency of cancer, according to sex and to age group, in children served by the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social and treated in hospitals in Mexico City (1996–2001).

From: Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001)

 

< 1

1–4

5–9

10–14

Male

Female

Ratio

Diagnostic group

Age group (years)

Sex

 
 

N

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

M/F

I. Leukemias

24

27.9

301

48.0

246

50.5

213

42.4

412

46.6

372

45.5

1.1

II. Lymphomas*

0

0.0

49

7.8

79

16.2

66

13.2

138

15.6

56

6.8

2.5

Hodgkin disease

0

0.0

7

1.1

26

5.3

32

6.4

43

4.9

22

2.7

1.9

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

0

0.0

42

6.7

53

10.9

34

6.8

95

10.7

34

4.1

2.8

III. CNST

6

7.0

69

11.0

59

12.1

63

12.5

84

9.5

113

13.8

0.7

IV. SNST

9

10.5

21

3.3

5

1.0

4

0.8

20

2.3

19

2.3

1.1

V. Retinoblastoma

15

17.4

56

8.9

1

0.2

1

0.2

34

3.8

39

4.8

0.9

VI. Renal Tumors

7

8.1

44

7.0

15

3.1

5

1.0

39

4.4

32

3.9

1.2

VII. Hepatic Tumors

7

8.1

11

1.8

7

1.4

5

1.0

13

1.5

17

2.1

0.8

VIII. Bone Tumors

0

0.0

6

1.0

26

5.3

65

12.9

43

4.9

54

6.6

0.8

IX. Soft Tissue Sarcomas

5

5.8

29

4.6

23

4.7

32

6.4

43

4.9

46

5.6

0.9

X. Germ Cell Tumors

13

15.1

38

6.1

19

3.9

40

8.0

49

5.5

61

7.5

0.8

XI. Carcinomas

0

0.0

3

0.5

7

1.4

8

1.6

9

1.0

9

1.1

1.0

Total

86

100

627

100

487

100

502

100

884

100

818

100

1.1

  1. * 40 cases of Histiocytosis were not included M: male; F: female Numbers in circles indicate the three highest frequencies, in descending order CNST: central nervous system tumors SNST: sympathetic nervous system tumors