Table 1 Demographics of the Study Population
From: Most children with cancer are not enrolled on a clinical trial in Canada: a population-based study
Characteristics | N = 9204 |
|---|---|
Demographic Features | |
Age at Diagnosis | |
< 1 years | 991 (10.8%) |
1–4 years | 3355 (36.5%) |
5–9 years | 2324 (25.2%) |
10–14 years | 2534 (27.5%) |
Male Sex | 4961 (53.9%) |
Race | |
White | 6169 (67.0%) |
Asian | 909 (9.9%) |
Arab/West Asian | 179 (1.9%) |
Aboriginal | 214 (2.3%) |
Black | 239 (2.6%) |
Latin American | 105 (1.1%) |
Other | 169 (1.8%) |
Unknown | 1220 (13.3%) |
Diagnostic Era | |
< 2007 | 4608 (50.1%) |
≥ 2007 | 4596 (49.9%) |
Diagnosis | |
Leukemia | 2699 (29.3%) |
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 2138 (23.2%) |
Acute myeloid leukemia | 395 (4.3%) |
Lymphoma | 962 (10.5%) |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 400 (4.3%) |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma excluding Burkitt’s lymphoma | 340 (3.7%) |
Burkitt’s lymphoma | 162 (1.8%) |
Solid Tumors | 3187 (34.6%) |
Ewing sarcoma | 164 (1.8%) |
Hepatoblastoma | 139 (1.5%) |
Neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroblastoma | 734 (8.0%) |
Osteosarcoma | 207 (2.2%) |
Rhabdomyosarcoma | 273 (3.0%) |
Wilms tumor | 424 (4.6%) |
Central Nervous System Tumors | 2307 (25.1%) |
Astrocytoma | 982 (10.7%) |
Ependymoma | 197 (2.1%) |
Medulloblastoma | 172 (1.9%) |
Socioeconomic Factors | |
Median Km to Nearest Tertiary Care Center (Interquartile Range) | 30.0 (12.2 to 112.4) |
Income quintile | |
1 (lowest) | 1732 (18.8%) |
2 | 1759 (19.1%) |
3 | 1814 (19.7%) |
4 | 1843 (20.0%) |
5 (highest) | 1893 (20.6%) |
Missing | 163 (1.8%) |