Cancer deaths in 39,235 children in the United States, 1950-1959, were studied with respect
to age, sex, geography, and calendar-time. In leukemia mortality a towering peak at 4 years …

Cancer mortality among children in the United States, 1950 through 1979, as evaluated by
death certificate diagnoses, revealed dramatic declines primarily in the second half of the 30 …

Study of the patterns of deaths in 16 childhood neoplasms, according to age, sex, and race,
revealed contrasts or similarities of etiologic importance. Eight neoplasms had early peaks …

All (29,457) death certificates for children under 15 years of age who died of cancer in the
United States, 1960–1966, were recoded as to cell type, and national mortality rates for each …

METHODS The US data were derived from punch cards provided by the National Vital
Statistics Division, USPHS, pertaining to all death certificates of children who died of cancer …

Incidence and survival data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology,
and End Results (SEER) Program for the 10‐year period 1973–1982 are presented …

• Based on the Third National Cancer Survey (1969 to 1971), the incidence of malignant
neoplasms in the United States was 183.4 per million live births per year in infants younger …

Over the past two decades, childhood cancer mortality in the United States has declined
dramatically. To present a comprehensive picture of childhood cancer occurrence and …

Background. National data on childhood cancer is becoming more available, but there
continues to be a paucity of information. Methods. The 1991 edition of Cancer Statistics …

Through review of certificates of death and birth, we have identified 4,198 children who were
born between 1947 and 1954 in any of the New England or Middle Atlantic States and who …