Part II: Deaths from diseases and morbid conditions

As outlined in Table 2.7, 20 children and young people died from cancers and tumours, a rate of 1.8 deaths per 100,000 children aged 0−17 years. The most common types of neoplasms were of the eye, brain and other parts of the central nervous system (8 deaths), followed by neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissues (4 deaths). ................
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