Statistical Table 2000-3

 

Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Incidence Ratesa by Histology and Gender,
CBTRUS 1990-1994
Age-Adjusted Using the Year 2000 United States Standard Population
HISTOLOGY MALE FEMALE
n rate n rate
Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue  

Diffuse astrocytoma (protoplasmic, fibrillary)
138 0.18 135 0.16

Anaplastic astrocytoma
496 0.64 389 0.45

Glioblastoma
2,642 3.71 2,053 2.33

Pilocytic astrocytoma
192 0.22 179 0.21

Unique astrocytoma variants
60 0.07 34 0.04

Oligodendroglioma
305 0.37 235 0.27

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
73 0.10 44 0.05

Ependymoma /anaplastic ependymoma
237 0.30 183 0.22

Ependymoma variants
43 0.05 29 0.04

Mixed glioma
127 0.16 85 0.10

Astrocytoma, NOS
931 1.20 751 0.85

Glioma malignant, NOS
272 0.36 274 0.31

Choroid plexus
32 0.04 33 0.04

Neuroepithelial
15 0.02 19 0.02

Benign and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed
126 0.14 90 0.10

Pineal parenchymal
12 0.01 25 0.03

Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma
233 0.26 143 0.17
Tumors of cranial and spinal nerves  

Nerve sheath, benign and malignant
632 0.84 724 0.87

Other tumors of cranial and spinal nerves
1 0.00 0 0.00
Tumors of the meninges  

Meningioma
1,499 2.16 3,490 4.00

Other mesenchymal, benign and malignant
31 0.04 42 0.05

Hemangioblastoma
111 0.14 84 0.10
Lymphomas and hemopoietic neoplasms  

Lymphoma
562 0.72 284 0.32
Germ cell tumors and cysts  

Germ cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias
98 0.11 29 0.03
Tumors of the sellar region  

Pituitary
801 1.07 868 1.00

Craniopharyngioma
88 0.11 95 0.11
Local extensions from regional tumors  

Chordoma/chondrosarcoma
21 0.03 24 0.03
Unclassified tumors  

Hemangioma
28 0.04 30 0.04

Neoplasm, unspecified
288 0.44 291 0.31

All Other
3 0.0 5 0.01
TOTAL 10,097 13.55 10,667 12.25
aRates are per 100,000 person-years and are age adjusted using the Year 2000 United States standard population. These data cannot be compared to previously published results as a different standard population was used.

bNot estimable.


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