QuickStats: Brain Cancer Death Rates Among Children and Teens Aged 1–19 Years, by Sex and Age Group — United States, 2013–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Brain Cancer Death Rates Among Children and Teens Aged 1–19 Years, by Sex and Age Group — United States, 2013–2015
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  The death rate for brain cancer, the most common cancer cause of death for children and teens aged 1-19 years, was 24% higher in males (0.73 per 100,000) than females (0.59) aged 1-19 years during 2013-2015. Death rates were higher for males than females for all age groups, but the difference did not reach statistical significance for the age group 5-9 years. Death rates caused by brain cancer were highest at ages 5-9 years (0.98 for males and 0.85 for females).
• Subjects:
  Quick Stats
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66(17):461.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  17
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc92413b35deb206561af31f4b38ad92c959a6ab8f1e0a6aebae808bd39fa0707599023bb6cf9d312733c9dbabf20ff69f57a3daf262ab3e935b3f0634e5997
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55786/cdc_55786_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 72.03 KB ]