Statistical Table 8

 

Childhood Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Incidence Ratesa by Gender (Ages 0-19) Adjusted to the 1970 and 2000 U.S. Standard Populations,
CBTRUS 1992-1997b
HISTOLOGY MALE
       Adjusted Rate		 FEMALE
       Adjusted Rate		 TOTAL
       Adjusted Rate
n 1970 US 2000 US n 1970 US 2000 US n 1970 US 2000 US
Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue  

Anaplastic astrocytoma
53 0.12 0.12 37 0.09 0.09 90 0.10 0.10

Glioblastoma
85 0.19 0.19 66 0.16 0.16 151 0.17 0.17

Piloctytic astrocytoma
257 0.57 0.57 247 0.58 0.57 504 0.58 0.57

Ependymoma/anaplastic ependymoma
112 0.23 0.24 91 0.20 0.21 203 0.22 0.22

Astrocytoma, NOS

203 0.45 0.45 155 0.36 0.36 358 0.40 0.41

Glioma malignant, NOS
136 0.29 0.30 141 0.33 0.33 277 0.31 0.31

Benign and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed
91 0.20 0.20 65 0.15 0.15 156 0.18 0.18

Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma

290 0.63 0.64 227 0.51 0.52 517 0.57 0.58
Germ cell tumors and cysts  

Germ cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias
108 0.25 0.25 39 0.09 0.09 147 0.17 0.17
Tumors of the sellar region  

Craniopharyngioma
53 0.12 0.12 40 0.10 0.09 93 0.11 0.11
TOTAL 1,748 3.88 3.88 1,495 3.46 3.47 3,243 3.68 3.68
aRates are per 100,000 person-years.
b Includes data from 11 of the 14 regions listed in Table 2; Maine, New Mexico and Virginia is excluded.
c Refers to all childhood brain tumors including histologies not presented in this table.
Abbreviations: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; NOS, not otherwise specified.

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