Incidence and Rates of Invasive Pediatric Cancers,
Michigan Residents, 2016-2020

Incidence Counts

Selected Pediatric Cancers Total Pediatric
Cancers1
Age Group Sex Race
0 - 14 15 - 19 Male Female White Black Other
Total 2,138 1,371 767 1,084 1,050 1,708 297 109
Leukemias 466 380 86 254 211 379 65 21
Lymphomas 402 218 184 227 174 326 53 17
Central Nervous System Neoplasms (Malignant) 272 218 54 149 123 214 40 16
Neuroblastoma and Peripheral Nervous Cell 121 * * 57 64 104 13 *
Retinoblastoma 34 * * 15 19 22 11 *
Renal Tumors 82 76 6 35 47 56 21 *
Hepatic Tumors 33 27 6 15 18 26 6 *
Bone Tumors 78 39 39 44 34 56 16 *
Soft Tissue Tumors 120 84 36 63 55 95 19 *
Germ Cell Tumors (Malignant) 123 45 78 63 60 92 22 7
Epithelial Neoplasms and Melanomas 329 85 244 119 210 278 21 22
Summed Child Population 2016 – 2020 12,135,296 8,873,004 3,262,292 6,206,383 5,928,913 8,948,348 2,003,548 1,183,400


Incidence Rates Per Million Population

Selected Pediatric Cancers Total Pediatric
Cancers1
Age Group Sex Race
0 - 14 15 - 19 Male Female White Black Other
Total 176.2 154.5 235.1 174.7 177.1 190.9 148.2 92.1
Leukemias 38.4 42.8 26.4 40.9 35.6 42.4 32.4 17.7
Lymphomas 33.1 24.6 56.4 36.6 29.3 36.4 26.5 14.4
Central Nervous System Neoplasms (Malignant) 22.4 24.6 16.6 24.0 20.7 23.9 20.0 13.5
Neuroblastoma and Peripheral Nervous Cell 10.0 * * 9.2 10.8 11.6 6.5 *
Retinoblastoma 2.8 * * 2.4 3.2 2.5 5.5 *
Renal Tumors 6.8 8.6 1.8 5.6 7.9 6.3 10.5 *
Hepatic Tumors 2.7 3.0 1.8 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.0 *
Bone Tumors 6.4 4.4 12.0 7.1 5.7 6.3 8.0 *
Soft Tissue Tumors 9.9 9.5 11.0 10.2 9.3 10.6 9.05 *
Germ Cell Tumors (Malignant) 10.1 5.1 23.9 10.2 10.1 10.3 11.0 5.9
Epithelial Neoplasms and Melanomas 27.1 9.6 74.8 19.2 35.4 31.1 10.5 18.6
Notes:1Counts and Rates are for infants, children and teens ages 0-19.

*An asterisk indicates that the statistic was censored.

Rates are per million population.
Source: 2016 - 2020 Michigan Resident Cancer Incidence Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.