{"slug": "childhood-cancers", "title": "Childhood Cancers 1989-2004", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/childhood_cancers.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/registries/cancers/", "group": "Registry", "topic": "Cancers", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Table A: Summary Statistics: Childhood cancers", "header": ["", "0-14 year age group", "", "", "0-19 year age group", "", ""], "rows": [["", "Males", "Females", "Total", "Males", "Females", "Total"], ["INCIDENCE (1989-2004)", "", "", "", "", "", ""], ["Total Number of new cases", "114", "74", "188", "160", "102", "262"], ["No. of cases less than 1 year", "7", "8", "15", "-", "-", "-"], ["1-4 years", "35", "26", "61", "-", "-", "-"], ["5-9 years", "39", "21", "60", "-", "-", "-"], ["10-14 years", "33", "19", "52", "-", "-", "-"], ["15-19 years", "-", "-", "-", "46", "28", "74"], ["Male: Female ratio", "1.6:1", "-", "-", "1.4:1", "-", "-"], ["% of all registered cancers", "-", "-", "0.75", "-", "-", "1.1"], ["MORTALITY (1991-2004)", "", "", "", "", "", ""], ["Number of deaths", "25 19 4", "4 38 22 6", "0", "", "", ""], ["% of all cancer deaths", "0.46", "0.43", "0.45", "0.70", "0.51", "0.62"], ["DATA QUALITY", "", "", "", "", "", ""], ["% Death Certificate Only", "0.7", "1.5", "1.1", "0.7", "2.0", "1.2"], ["% Microscopically Ve", "rified 92", ".5 94.2 93.", "2 97.3 95.8", "96.7", "", ""]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Table B: Cases of childhood cancer diagnosed between 1989-2004, by age group, gender and ICCC categories", "header": ["International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) Diagnostic group", "", "", "", "", ""], "rows": [["International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) Diagnostic group", "", "Number of cases 0-14 years (1989-2004)", "", "Number of cases 0-19 years (1989-2004)", ""], ["", "", "", "", "Males Females Males Females", ""], ["", "I      Leukaemia", "42", "19", "51", "25"], ["", "(a)   Lymphoid leukaemia", "34", "17", "37", "17"], ["", "(b)   Acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia", "4", "1", "10", "7"], ["", "(c)   Chronic myeloid leukaemia", "4", "-", "4", "-"], ["", "(d)   Other specified leukaemias", "-", "1", "-", "1"], ["", "(e)   Unspecified leukaemias", "-", "-", "-", "-"], ["", "II    Lymphomas and reticuloendothelial neoplasms", "18", "4", "31", "10"], ["", "(a)   Hodgkin\u2019s disease", "9", "-", "18", "3"], ["", "(b)   Non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma (c)   Burkitts\u2019s lymphoma (d)   Miscellaneous lymphoreticular neoplasms (e)   Unspecified lymphomas III  CNS and miscellaneous intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms", "3 2 4 - 18", "1 - 3 - 17", "5 2 6 - 24", "4 - 3 - 18"], ["", "(a)   Ependymoma (b)   Astrocytoma (c)   Primitive neuroectodermal tumours (d)   Other gliomas (e)   Other specified intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms (f)   Unspecified intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms IV   Sympathetic nervous system tumours", "3 10 1 2 1 1 6", "1 7 1 6 1 1 8", "3 11 2 6 1 1 6", "1 7 1 7 1 1 9"], ["", "(a)   Neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroblastoma", "6", "8", "6", "8"], ["", "(b)   Other sympathetic nervous system tumours", "-", "-", "-", "1"], ["", "V    Retinoblastoma", "5", "3", "5", "3"], ["", "VI   Renal tumours", "8", "6", "8", "7"], ["", "(a)   Wilm\u2019s tumour, rhabdoid and clear cell sarcomas", "8", "6", "8", "6"], ["", "(b)   Renal carcinoma", "-", "-", "-", "1"], ["", "(c)   Unspecified malignant renal tumours", "-", "-", "-", "-"], ["", "VII  Hepatic tumours", "0", "0", "0", "0"], ["", "(a)    Hepatobalstoma", "-", "-", "-", "-"], ["", "(b)    Hepatic carcinoma", "-", "-", "-", "-"], ["", "(c)    Unspecified malignant hepatic tumours", "-", "-", "-", "-"], ["", "VIII Malignant bone tumours", "6", "6", "9", "9"], ["", "(a)   Osteosarcoma", "2", "3", "2", "5"], ["", "(b)   Chondrosarcoma", "-", "1", "2", "1"], ["", "(c)   Ewing\u2019s sarcoma", "4", "2", "5", "3"], ["", "(d)   Other specified malignant bone tumours", "-", "-", "-", "-"], ["", "(e)   Unspecified malignant bone tumours", "-", "-", "-", "-"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Table B: Cases of childhood cancer diagnosed between 1989-2004, by age group, gender and ICCC categories (cont. 2)", "header": ["International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC)continued", "", "", "", ""], "rows": [["Diagnostic group", "Number of cases0-14 years(1989-2004)", "", "Number of cases0-19 years(1989-2004)", ""], ["", "Males", "Females", "Males", "Females"], ["IX    Soft tissue sarcomas(a)   Rhabdomyosarcoma and embryonal sarcoma(b)   Fibrosarcoma, neurofibrosarcoma and other fibromatous neoplasms(c)   Kaposis\u2019s sarcoma(d)   Other specified soft tissue sarcomas(e)   Unspecified soft tissue sarcomas", "951-3-", "44----", "1481-5-", "54--1-"], ["X     Germ cell, trophoblastic and other gonadal neoplasms(a)   Intracranial and intraspinal germ cell tumours(b)   Other and unspecified non-gonadal germ cell tumours(c)   Gonadal germ cell tumours(d)   Gonadal carcinomas(e)   Other and unspecified gonadal tumours", "0-----", "3--3--", "5--5--", "5--41-"], ["XI   Carcinomas and other malignant epithelial neoplasms(a)   Adrenocortical carcinoma(b)   Thyroid carcinoma(c)   Nasopharyngeal carcinoma(d)   Malignant melanoma(e)   Skin carcinoma(f)   Other and unspecified carcinomas", "2-1--1-", "41--1-2", "5-2-21-", "1113-4-3"], ["XII Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms(a)   Other specified malignant tumours(b)   Other unspecified malignant tumours", "0-0", "0--", "2-2", "0--"], ["Total 114 74 160 102", "", "", "", ""]]}]}