Each year in Texas, almost 1,200 children and adolescents younger than 20 years of age are diagnosed with cancer. Approximately 200 children and adolescents die of cancer each year, making cancer the most common cause of disease-related mortality for Texans 0-19 years of age. The tables presented on this web site were created to provide detailed information on the incidence of childhood and adolescent cancer in Texas for scientists, policy makers, and the public. These population-based data are important in helping us better understand these cancers, their causes, and ultimately, reducing cancer incidence and mortality.
Childhood cancer rates are given for invasive cases only, for consistency with National childhood cancer statistics. Childhood cancer rates are given as rates per 1,000,000, and are presented for ages 0-14 (childhood) and 0-19 (childhood and adolescent) by each major childhood/adolescent cancer type, for the entire state, by health service region, and for counties with at least 100,000 population. A table of the overall childhood/adolescent cancer rate is also given for each of the 254 Texas counties.
Please Note: The following files are in Excel format.
Please see the DSHS file viewing page for additional information.
Childhood/Adolescent Cancer Case Classification
Statewide (Extended Classification Table)
Health Service Region (Major Childhood Cancer Site Groups)
Please select a Health Service Region:
Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region 10 Region 11
County (Major Childhood Cancer Site Groups)
For counties with at least 100,000 population
Please select a county:
Bell | Bexar | Brazoria | Brazos | Cameron | Collin | Comal | Dallas | Denton | Ector | Ellis | El Paso | Fort Bend | Galveston
Grayson | Gregg | Guadalupe | Harris | Hays | Hidalgo | Jefferson | Johnson | Kaufman | Lubbock | McLennan | Midland
Montgomery | Nueces | Parker | Potter | Randall | Smith | Tarrant | Taylor | Tom Green | Travis | Webb | Wichita | Williamson
For each county, total childhood cancer
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