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Table 2 Age-standardised incidence rates of childhood cancer by ICCC3 site-groups (malignant only), Estonia 1970–2016

From: Childhood cancer incidence and survival trends in Estonia (1970–2016): a nationwide population-based study

 

Total cases

%

Average annual cases

ASIR/million 1970–1994

ASIR/million 1995–2016

APC (%) (1970–2016)

95% CI

All sites

1628

100

35

122.2

138.1

0.5

0.1–0.9

I Leukemias, myeloproliferative diseases, and myelodysplastic diseases

506

31.1

11

39.5

42.1

0.2

−0.7–1.0

a. Lymphoid leukemias

302

18.6

6

20.0

31.4

2.1

0.14.0

b. Acute myeloid leukemias

72

4.4

2

4.3

7.4

1.8

−1.2–5.0

c. Chronic myeloproliferative diseases

6

0.4

0

0.3

0.9

NC

NC

d. Myelodysplastic syndrome and other myeloproliferative diseases

7

0.4

0

0

1.6

NC

NC

e. Unspecified and other specified leukemias

119

7.3

3

15.0

0.7

−11.5

−13.4;-9.6

II. Lymphomas and reticuloendothelial neoplasms

232

14.3

5

16.8

17.2

−0.1

−1.2–1.0

a. Hodgkin lymphomas

95

5.8

2

7.7

5.1

−1.5

−3.6–0.7

b. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (except Burkitt lymphoma)

93

5.7

2

7.4

6.0

−1.0

−2.8–0.9

c. Burkitt lymphoma

17

1.0

0

0

3.3

8.8

7.4–10.2

d. Miscellaneous lymphoreticular neoplasms

15

0.9

0

0.5

2.4

NC

NC

e. Unspecified lymphomas

12

0.7

0

1.2

0.4

−2.0

−5.4–1.5

III. CNS and miscellaneous intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms (malignant only)

312

19.2

7

22.0

27.5

0.9

−0.5–2.3

a. Ependymomas and choroid plexus tumors

43

2.6

1

1.9

6.2

3.3

1.5–5.1

b. Astrocytomas

110

6.8

2

7.7

9.0

1.1

−2.7–5.0

c. Intracranial and intraspinal embryonal tumors

78

4.8

2

4.9

8.1

2.4

−0.2–5.1

d. Other gliomas

16

1.0

0

0.7

2.0

3.5

1.2–5.8

f. Unspecified intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms

64

3.9

1

6.7

1.9

−5.1

−8.4;-1.7

IV. Neuroblastoma and other peripheral nervous cell tumors

91

5.6

2

6.3

10.4

2.3

0.0–4.7

a. Neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroblastoma

89

5.5

2

6.1

10.4

2.5

0.3–4.7

V. Retinoblastoma

41

2.5

1

3.4

4.0

−0.2

−3.4–3.2

VI. Renal tumors

132

8.1

3

12.6

9.1

−0.8

− 3.0–1.4

a. Nephroblastoma and other nonepithelial renal tumors

127

7.8

3

11.9

9.1

−0.6

−2.7–1.5

VII. Hepatic tumors

26

1.6

1

1.9

2.9

1.1

−1.7–4.1

a. Hepatoblastoma

18

1.1

0

1.0

2.7

NC

NC

VIII. Malignant bone tumors

71

4.4

2

4.6

5.5

0.3

−2.6–3.2

a. Osteosarcomas

27

1.7

1

1.7

2.2

−0.6

−3.6–2.5

c. Ewing tumor and related sarcomas of bone

25

1.5

1

1.1

2.6

3.2

−0.6–7.1

e. Unspecified malignant bone tumors

12

0.7

0

1.1

0.3

−3.3

−4.8;-1.7

IX. Soft tissue and other extraosseous sarcomas

81

5.0

2

5.8

7.2

1.3

−0.0–2.6

a. Rhabdomyosarcomas

32

2.0

1

1.8

3.9

3.0

−0.5–6.7

b. Fibrosarcomas. peripheral nerve sheath tumors. and other fibrous neoplasms

12

0.7

0

1.1

0.6

0.4

−2.1–2.9

d. Other specified soft tissue sarcomas

26

1.6

1

1.6

2.5

1.5

−1.4–4.4

e. Unspecified soft tissue sarcomas

10

0.6

0

1.2

0.3

−2.0

−4.9–1.0

X. Germ cell tumors, trophoblastic tumors, and neoplasms of gonads

75

4.6

2

4.7

8.3

2.5

0.2–4.9

a. Intracranial and intraspinal germ cell tumors

8

0.5

0

0.1

1.3

5.1

2.1–8.1

b. Malignant extracranial and extragonadal germ cell tumors

34

2.1

1

2.0

4.6

3.4

1.1–5.7

c. Malignant gonadal germ cell tumors

26

1.6

1

1.9

2.2

0.7

−2.2–3.7

XI. Other malignant epithelial neoplasms and malignant melanomas

41

2.5

1

2.3

3.5

1.4

−0.8–3.7

b. Thyroid carcinomas

10

0.6

0

0.2

1.3

3.7

−0.9–8.7

d. Malignant melanomas

12

0.7

0

0.8

0.8

−0.2

−2.8–2.5

f. Other and unspecified carcinomas

12

0.7

0

0.9

0.8

0.3

−2.2–2.8

XII. Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms

20

1.2

0

2.3

0.6

−2.4

−3.9;-0.9

b. Other unspecified malignant tumors

17

1.0

0

2.0

0.4

−3.4

−4.5;-2.3

  1. Abbreviations: ICCC-3 international classification of childhood cancer, third edition; ASIR age-standardised incidence rate, APC annual percentage change, CI confidence intervals, NC not calculated
  2. Table shows all diagnostic groups with > 5 patients diagnosed over the study period. Values that are statistically significant are marked in bold