Statistical Table 9

 

Childhood Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Incidence Rates a (Ages 0-19) by Age at Diagnosis
CBTRUS 1992-1997 b
HISTOLOGY AGE AT DIAGNOSIS
0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19
Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue  

Anaplastic astrocytoma
0.06 0.13 0.12 0.10

Glioblastoma
0.14 0.14 0.20 0.21

Piloctytic astrocytoma
0.54 0.74 0.60 0.42

Ependymoma/anaplastic ependymoma
0.50 0.16 0.12 0.13

Astrocytoma, NOS
0.48 0.44 0.37 0.34

Glioma malignant, NOS
0.41 0.43 0.27 0.14

Benign and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed
0.24 0.12 0.19 0.16

Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma
0.86 0.82 0.41 0.23
Germ cell tumors  

Germ cell

0.07 0.11 0.24 0.26
Tumors of the sellar region  

Craniopharyngioma
0.05 0.15 0.14 0.08
TOTALc 4.00 3.85 3.51 3.39
a Rates are per 100,000 person-years.
b Includes data from 11 of the 14 regions listed in Table 1; 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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