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Correction: European Journal of Epidemiology
In the sentence beginning ‘In Germany in….’ in the results section, the text ‘In Germany in 2019, the age-standardised incidence of all early-onset cancer types combined was 375.8 per 100,000, a 2% decrease compared to 1999 (384.6 per 100,000) (see Fig. 1).’ should have read ‘In Germany in 2019, the age-standardised incidence of all early-onset cancer types combined was 95.2 per 100,000, a 3% increase compared to 1999 (92.0 per 100,000) (see Fig. 1).’
In this article the wrong figure appeared as Figs. 1 & 2. The original Fig. 1 erroneously visualizes the age-standardized incidence for the overall German population including all ages from 0 to 100, i.e. it is not restricted to early-onset cancer. The corrected version of Fig. 1 is limited to the incidence of early-onset cancer (0 to 50 years). In the original Fig. 2, the x-axes of the panels related to the incidence (left part of the figure) are not correct. The revised version indicates the correct scale. We further added a detailed explanation of category C96. The figures should have appeared as shown below.
The authors regret these errors.
Age-standardized incidence rate (per 100,000) of all early-onset cancers (C00-C97) combined between 1999 and 2019
Incidence and mortality rate in 1999, 2009 and 2019 by sex and cancer type
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Voeltz, D., Baginski, K., Hornberg, C. et al. Correction: Trends in incidence and mortality of early-onset cancer in Germany between 1999 and 2019. Eur J Epidemiol 39, 839–842 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-024-01143-3
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