TRAINING FOR THE HEALTH SECTOR
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CHILDREN AND CANCER
Children's Health and the Environment
WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization www.who.int/ceh
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Children and Cancer
CHILDHOOD CANCER OBJECTIVES
To discuss childhood cancer To address the links between childhood environments and adult onset of cancer To present current knowledge of causation and environmental risk factors To discuss cancer clusters To present educational and preventive measures
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Children and Cancer
OVERVIEW
1. INCIDENCE AND TYPES OF CHILDHOOD CANCER 2. CAUSES, RISK FACTORS AND HYPOTHESES 3. BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES LEADING TO CANCER DEVELOPMENT 4. EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND ITS CHALLENGES 5. INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL CANCER CLUSTERS 6. QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS
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Children and Cancer
TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
(Children aged under 15 years) U.S. 2006
CAUSE OF DEATH
RANK ALL CAUSES
NO. OF DEATHS 10780 3868 1284 859 756 414 219 193 172 158 149 2708
% OF TOTAL DEATHS 100.0 35.9 11.9 8.0 7.0 3.8 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 25.1
DEATH RATE* 19.0 6.8 2.3 1.5 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 -
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Accidents (unintentional injuries) Cancer Congenital anomalies Assault (homicide) Heart diseases Intentional self-harm (suicide) Influenza & pneumonia Septicemia Chronic lower respiratory diseases Cerebrovascular disease All other causes
* Rates are per 100,000 population and age adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.
Based on US Mortality Data, 2006, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009 4
In the United States, cancer is the second most common cause of death among children between the ages of 1 and 14 years, surpassed only by accidents. Reference: US Mortality Data, 2006. National Center for Health Statistics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009.

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