Total number, n
|
83
|
87
|
170
|
Sex, n (%)
| | | |
Boys
|
47 (57)
|
50 (57)
|
97 (57)
|
Girls
|
36 (43)
|
37 (43)
|
73 (43)
|
Age at diagnosis, median (range)
|
12 (7-16)
|
12 (7-16)
|
12 (7-16)
|
Age groups, n (%)
| | | |
7-12 years
|
43 (52)
|
44 (51)
|
87 (51)
|
13-16 years
|
40 (48)
|
43 (49)
|
83 (49)
|
School grade at diagnosis, median (range)
|
6 (1-9)
|
6 (1-9)
|
6 (1-9)
|
Siblings living at home, n (%)
|
73 (88)
|
77 (88)
|
150 (88)
|
Diagnoses, n (%)
| | | |
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
|
24 (29)
|
26 (30)
|
50 (29)
|
Acute myeloid leukaemia
|
4 (5)
|
5 (6)
|
9 (5)
|
CNSa tumours
|
13 (16)
|
13 (15)
|
26 (15)
|
Non - Hodgkin's lymphoma
|
11 (13)
|
10 (12)
|
21 (12)
|
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
|
8 (10)
|
9 (10)
|
17 (10)
|
Neuroblastoma
|
0
|
1 (1)
|
1 (1)
|
Sarcoma
|
16 (19)
|
16 (18)
|
32 (19)
|
Rhabdomyosarcoma
|
4 (5)
|
4 (5)
|
8 (5)
|
Otherb
|
3 (3)
|
3 (3)
|
6 (4)
|