Statistical Table 10

Table 10: Primary (Malignant and Non-Malignant) Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Incidence Ratesa by Major Histology Groupings, Histology and Race, Age-Adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population, CBTRUS 1995-1999 b

 

Whites

Blacks

 

Histology

 

N

Adjusted Rate

 

N

Adjusted Rate

 

 

 

 

 

Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue

16,701

7.14

912

3.29

Pilocytic astrocytoma

686

0.31

60

0.16

Diffuse astrocytoma (protoplasmic, fibrillary)

340

0.15

15

0.04

Anaplastic astrocytoma

1,284

0.55

72

0.28

Unique astrocytoma variants

151

0.07

13

0.04

Astrocytoma, NOS

1,444

0.62

87

0.30

Glioblastoma

8,134

3.43

360

1.50

Oligodendroglioma

1,003

0.43

44

0.14

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

392

0.17

20

0.07

Ependymoma/anaplastic ependymoma

607

0.27

36

0.12

Ependymoma variants

143

0.06

-

-

Mixed glioma

364

0.16

18

0.07

Glioma malignant, NOS

911

0.39

68

0.23

Choroid plexus

77

0.03

7

-

Neuroepithelial

35

0.01

-

-

Benign and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed

438

0.19

35

0.11

Pineal parenchymal

62

0.03

12

0.04

Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma

630

0.28

56

0.16

 

 

 

 

 

Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves

2,536

1.09

99

0.37

Nerve sheath, benign and malignant

2,536

1.09

99

0.37

Other tumors of cranial and spinal nerves

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

Tumors of the Meninges

9,387

3.96

913

3.90

Meningioma

8,982

3.78

875

3.77

Other mesenchymal, benign and malignant

110

0.05

16

0.05

Hemangioblastoma

295

0.13

22

0.07

 

 

 

 

 

Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms

871

0.37

106

0.36

Lymphoma

871

0.37

106

0.36

 

 

 

 

 

Germ Cell Tumors and Cysts

169

0.08

12

0.03

Germ cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias

169

0.08

12

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

Tumors of the Sellar Region

2,281

0.98

338

1.29

Pituitary

2,029

0.87

294

1.15

Craniopharyngioma

252

0.11

44

0.14

 

 

 

 

 

Local Extensions from Regional Tumors

73

0.03

-

-

Chordoma/chondrosarcoma

73

0.03

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

Unclassified Tumors

1,636

0.68

166

0.69

Hemangioma

123

0.05

11

0.04

Neoplasm, unspecified

1,492

0.62

153

0.65

All other

21

0.01

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

Total

33,654

14.34

2,548

9.94

aRates are per 100,000 person-years.

bIncludes data from 12 of the 16 registries listed in Table 5; New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Texas are excluded.

- Counts are not presented when fewer than 6 cases were reported for the specific histology category and rates are not presented when fewer than 10 cases were reported for the specific histology category.  The suppressed cases are included in the counts and rates for Totals. 

Abbreviations:  CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; NOS, not otherwise specified.

 

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