Cancer ranks second as a cause of death for both sexes at ages 1–19 years. At ages 1–4
years, it ranks third to accidents and congenital anomalies; at ages 5–9, 10–14 and 15–19 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Rachel Carson (1963) wrote'A quarter-century ago, cancer in children was considered a
medical rarity. Today, more American school children die of cancer than from any other …

The descriptive epidemiology of cancer in children is presented at the world and national
levels. The international and national literature published on cancer in children was …

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 …

Approximately 3,500,000 children were born in the United States during the calendar year
1948. If existing morbidity rates from cancer and mortality rates from all causes of death …

Background. Rates of cancer in children usually are presented in 5‐year age groups,
despite large variations of incidence within these groups. The purpose of this report is to …

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