Childhood cancer
Every year, there are more than 4,000 children and young people diagnosed with cancer in the UK.
- 11 children and young people are diagnosed every day. Of these, 3 will sadly not survive.
- 1 in 500 children will develop cancer by the age of 14.*
- 49% of cases of childhood cancer occur in children aged 0- 4 years
- It is estimated that there are now over 35,000 childhood cancer survivors in the UK.
Childhood cancer is the number one disease cause of death of children in the UK.**
For oncological classification,
- a child is defined as 0 to 14 years of age
- a young person is defined as 15 and 24 year of age.
There are 1,800 cases of childhood cancer a year in children and 2,400 cases a year in young people.
Childhood incidence by type
Based on data from the National Registry of Childhood Tumours 2006 - 2008