Chart 5 New cases of leukemia and central nervous system cancers as percentage of new cancer cases, by age group, female population aged 0 to 9, Canada, 1993 to 2012

Chart 5 New cases of leukemia and central nervous system cancers as percentage of new cancer cases, by age group, female population aged 0 to 9, Canada, 1993 to 2012

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Data table for Chart 5
Year 0 to 4 years 5 to 9 years
1993-1997 54.8 65.7
1998-2002 51.9 63.1
2003-2007 53.8 61.5
2008-2012 50.5 56.4
Notes:
Estimates are based on counts that have been randomly rounded to a lower or higher multiple of 5.Cancer incidence data for Quebec are not available for 2011 and 2012 diagnosis years therefore the 2010 Quebec data have been copied forward into 2011 and 2012.Estimates for leukemia include acute and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute and chronic myeloid leukemia, and other leukemia. Estimates for central nervous system cancers include brain and cranial nerves and other nervous system cancers.
Source:
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 103-0550, 1993 to 2012.
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