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Table 2 Number of cases and distribution of cancers across ethnic groups

From: Childhood cancer incidence by ethnic group in England, 2001–2007: a descriptive epidemiological study

 

White

Indian

Pakistani

Bangladeshi

Black African

Black Caribbean

Chinese

All other ethnicities

No ethnicity recorded

Total

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

(%)

N

Leukaemias

2329

72

115

34

35

28

10

376

224

(7.0)

3223

Lymphomas & reticuloendothelial neoplasms

761

34

33

13

37

4

2

138

137

(11.8)

1159

CNS & intracranial & intraspinal neoplasms

1694

46

38

7

36

30

3

255

234

(10.0)

2343

Other solid tumors

2739

49

91

26

84

37

25

425

459

(11.7)

3935

All cancers

7523

201

277

80

192

99

40

1194

1054

(9.9)

10,660