Statistical Table 3

 

Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Incidence Ratesa by Histology and Race, Adjusted to the 1970 and 2000 U.S. Standard Populations,
CBTRUS 1992-1997b
HISTOLOGY WHITES
       Adjusted Rate		 BLACKS
       Adjusted Rate
n 1970 US 2000 US n 1970 US 2000 US

Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue
 

Diffuse astrocytoma (protoplasmic, fibrillary)
389 0.14 0.15 13 0.04 0.03

Anaplastic astrocytoma
1,388 0.47 0.52 84 0.25 0.27

Glioblastoma
8,392 2.75 3.13 380 1.24 1.39

Pilocytic astrocytoma
628 0.30 0.25 58 0.16 0.14

Unique astrocytoma variants
141 0.06 0.05 9 0.03 0.02

Oligodendroglioma
979 0.32 0.37 38 0.10 0.11

Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
293 0.10 0.11 10 0.03 0.03

Ependymoma/
anaplastic ependymoma
641 0.24 0.25 44 0.12 0.11

Ependymoma variants
122 0.04 0.05 2 0.01 0.00

Mixed glioma
366 0.12 0.14 13 0.04 0.04

Astrocytoma, NOS
2,167 0.75 0.81 120 0.33 0.35

Glioma, malignant, NOS
962 0.34 0.36 82 0.25 0.24

Choroid plexus
85 0.03 0.03 6 0.02 0.01

Neuroepithelial
47 0.02 0.02 25 0.01 0.02

Benign and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed
327 0.14 0.13 20 0.06 0.05

Pineal parenchymal
56 0.02 0.02 8 0.02 0.02

Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma
652 0.30 0.25 62 0.17 0.15

Tumors of Crainial and Spinal Nerves
 

Nerve sheath, benign and malignant
2,426 0.82 0.93 79 0.22 0.26

Other tumors of cranial and spinal nerves
1 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00

Tumors of the Meninges
 

Meningioma
8,781 2.72 3.28 797 2.57 3.04

Other mesenchymal, benign and malignant
125 0.04 0.05 12 0.04 0.04

Hemangioblastoma
261 0.09 0.10 16 0.05 0.05

Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms
 

Lymphoma
1,021 0.32 0.38 116 0.27 0.34

Germ Cell Tumors and Cysts
 

Germ cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias
189 0.09 0.07 12 0.03 0.03

Tumors of the Sellar Region
 

Pituitary
2,038 0.68 0.77 228 0.67 0.77

Craniopharyngioma
237 0.10 0.09 32 0.09 0.09

Local Extensions from Regional Tumors
 

Chordoma/chondrosarcoma
72 0.02 0.03 2 0.01 0.01

Unclassified Tumors
 

Hemangioma
104 0.04 0.04 10 0.03 0.03

Neoplasm, unspecified
1,866 0.56 0.69 212 0.67 0.80

All other
17 0.01 0.01 2 0.01 0.01
TOTAL 34,772 11.62 13.06 2,472 7.53 8.44
a Rates are per 100,000 person-years
b Includes data from 11 of the 14 regions listed in Table 2; Maine, New Mexico and Virginia are excluded
Abbreviations used: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; NOS, not otherwise specified.

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