Trends in Childhood Cancer Mortality-United States, 1990-2004

摘要

Cancer is the fourth most common cause of death (after unintentional injury, homicide, and suicide) among persons aged 1-19 years in the United States.12 Because recent childhood cancer mortality has not been well characterized in terms of temporal, demographic, and geographic trends,23 CDC analyzed cancer death rates among children (defined as aged 0-14 years) and adolescents (defined as aged 15-19years) for theperiod 1990-2004 by sex, age group, race, ethnicity, U.S. Census region, and primary cancer site/leading diagnosis, using the most recent data available from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)