Table 2

Treatment centres for all treated children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) 1980–94

New childhood ALL patients/year
<11–36–45UKCCSGOtherTotal
Year of diagnosis
1980–84165232116212003591559
 1985–8979200132413642391603
 1990–9452229154516271991826
Age at diagnosis (years)
041015315611167
 1–4111347214422333692602
 5–990184110811482341382
 10–1491120626654183837
Sex
Male153358229323724322804
 Female143303173818193652184
White blood cell count (× 109/l)
0–49200501305831885713759
 50+571049499761341110
 NR3956242792119
Immunophenotype
Common (incl. pre-B)161447292330494823531
 T cell285947949076566
 B cell (mature)495963972
 Null102421021430244
 NR93122360375200575
Down’s syndrome
Yes61062651378
 No290651396941267844910
Total 296661403141917974988
  • NR, not recorded; UKCCSG, UK Children’s Cancer Study Group.