1. Which disease is the chief cause of death by disease for children between the ages of one and 14 (according to the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics)?
   1. Heart attack
   2. Diabetes
   3. Cancer 
   4. Polio

   Answer: c.
   

2. The number of cancer cases in children increased by this percentage between 1973 and 1991 (according to the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics). 

1. Increased by 2%
2. Increased by 5%
3. Increased by 10%
4. Increased by 15%

Answer: c.

3. The number of cancer cases in children in North Carolina is higher in Whites than African Americans.

1. True 
2. False.
   

Answer: a.

4. For about 16% of childhood cancers, symptoms appear at what age?

1. 2 months old
2. 6 months old
3. 1 year old
4. 2 years old

Answer: d.

5. The most common childhood cancer or cancers are:

1. Leukemia
2. Bone cancer
3. Lymph node cancer
4. Brain cancer
5. Kidney cancer
6. Soft tissue cancer
7. All of the above

Answer: g

6. How many more children ages 0 - 14 are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year in North Carolina?

1. 10,000
2. 9,500
3. 8,500
4. 2,000

Answer: b.

7. Which of the following causes more childhood deaths every year in North Carolina?

1. Murders or homicide
2. Suicide
3. Accidents
4. Cancer

Answer: c. Cancer is the second leading cause of childhood deaths in North Carolina.

8. Although the number of cases is expected to increase, the number of cancer deaths in children is expected to decrease in 2006 in North Carolina.

1. True
2. False

Answer: a. North Carolina's pediatric cancer patterns are quite consistent with national patterns.

9. Be alert to any of the following unusual symptoms that persist in your child: 

1. Unusual mass or swelling.
2. Persistent localized pain.
3. Prolonged unexplained fever or illness.
4. Frequent headaches.
5. Sudden eye or vision changes.
6. Excessive, rapid weight loss.
7. All of the above.

Answer: g.

10. For all childhood cancers, five-year survival rates have increased from less than 50% before the 1970s to almost 80% in the late 1990s (according to the 2006 NC Cancer Facts & Figures Report).

1. True
2. False

Answer: a. Five-year survival rates have increased for all childhood cancers.