Geographical distribution in France of leukemia mortality in young people aged 0 to 24

This work allows to emphasize the great variability of the distribution of mortality rate, at the geographical or temporal level or in accordance with the sex. The size of cases show a broad fluctuation and it does not emerge any spatial structure. In absence of national data of incidence of leukemia in France, the information about the mortality is useful in the discussion of leukemia risks. This information allows to illustrate the difficulty of epidemiological valuation about topicality subjects concerning the leukemia risk in France (such as consequences of Chernobyl accident or the announcement of localized surplus). (N.C.)