Table 1 General characteristics of 541 children with cancer diagnosed in Blantyre, Malawi
Cancer diagnosis | n (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burkitt lymphoma | Wilms tumour | Kaposi sarcoma | Other lymphoma ‡ | Rhabdo-myosarcoma | Retino-blastoma | Other tumours ¶ | Non-malignant conditions † | Total** | |
284 (52) | 53 (10) | 34 (6) | 36 (7) | 28 (5) | 22 (4) | 61 (11) | 23 (4) | 541 (100) | |
Sex: | |||||||||
Female | 112 (39) | 23 (43) | 13 (39) | 13 (36) | 11 (39) | 14 (64) | 26 (43) | 9 (39) | 221 (41) |
Male | 172 (61) | 30 (57) | 20 (61) | 23 (64) | 17 (61) | 8 (36) | 35 (57) | 14 (61) | 319 (59) |
Age at diagnosis* | |||||||||
0 to 5 years old | 57 (21) | 37 (74) | 12 (41) | 5 (15) | 14 (52) | 20 (95) | 21 (39) | 10 (45) | 176 (35) |
≥ 5 years old | 213 (79) | 13 (26) | 17 (59) | 28 (85) | 13 (48) | 1 (5) | 33 (61) | 12 (55) | 330 (65) |
Mean (se) | 7.47 (0.18) | 4.09 (0.34) | 7.24 (0.75) | 9.40 (0.68) | 5.43 (0.73) | 3.10 (0.36) | 7.25 (0.61) | 5.68 (1.04) | 6.91 (0.16) |
Residence | |||||||||
Rural | 199 (71) | 37 (73) | 15 (45) | 25 (69) | 19 (68) | 13 (65) | 42 (70) | 14 (64) | 364 (69) |
Urban | 80 (29) | 14 (27) | 18 (55) | 11 (31) | 9 (32) | 7 (35) | 18 (30) | 8 (36) | 165 (31) |
Method of diagnosis ∝ | |||||||||
Clinical signs | 38 (13) | 8 (15) | 18 (53) | 7 (19) | 8 (29) | 7 (32) | 8 (13) | 7 (30) | 101 (19) |
Clinical investigations | 46 (16) | 5 (9) | 11 (32) | 9 (25) | 6 (21) | 5 (23) | 8 (13) | 5 (22) | 95 (18) |
Laboratory confirmed | 197 (69) | 37 (70) | 5 (15) | 20 (56) | 13 (46) | 10 (45) | 43 (70) | 11 (48) | 336 (62) |
Not Recorded | 3 (1) | 3 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 9 (2) |
HIV status ¥ | |||||||||
Positive | 20 (7) | 1 (2) | 24 (77) | 5 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 3 (14) | 54 (10) |
Negative | 263 (93) | 51 (98) | 7 (23) | 31 (86) | 28 (100) | 16 (100) | 57 (98) | 18 (86) | 471 (90) |