Analysis of the distribution of reported cancers by age and gender
Cancer cases were most commonly seen in the 15-19 years age group (730 cases, 27.1%) and 0-4 years (624 cases, 23.2%), followed by 10-14 years group (522 cases, 19.4%) and 5- years (490 cases, 18.2%). Females accounted for 37.8%(n=1021) of all pediatric cancer cases and males 62.1% of the cases in the hospital based cancer registry. The distribution of cancer incidence by age categories is given in Figure 1.