Statistical Table 11

Table 11: Primary (Malignant and Non-Malignant) Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Incidence Ratesa by Major Histology Groupings, Histology and Hispanic Ethnicity, Age-Adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population, CBTRUS 1998, 15 Registriesb

 

Hispanics (of any race)c

Total

 

Histology

 

N

Adjusted Rate

 

N

Adjusted Rate

 

 

 

 

 

Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue

454

4.74

5,058

6.69

Pilocytic astrocytoma

34

0.23

264

0.34

Diffuse astrocytoma (protoplasmic, fibrillary)

-

-

86

0.11

Anaplastic astrocytoma

26

0.30

382

0.50

Unique astrocytoma variants

6

-

49

0.06

Astrocytoma, NOS

37

0.34

379

0.50

Glioblastoma

159

2.17

2,346

3.16

Oligodendroglioma

31

0.30

305

0.40

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

8

-

151

0.20

Ependymoma/anaplastic ependymoma

33

0.26

199

0.26

Ependymoma variants

6

-

56

0.07

Mixed glioma

12

0.12

122

0.16

Glioma malignant, NOS

26

0.26

267

0.35

Choroid plexus

6

-

30

0.04

Neuroepithelial

-

-

16

0.02

Benign and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed

17

0.14

170

0.22

Pineal parenchymal

-

-

24

0.03

Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma

43

0.29

212

0.27

 

 

 

 

 

Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves

50

0.57

794

1.06

Nerve sheath, benign and malignant

50

0.57

794

1.06

Other tumors of cranial and spinal nerves

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

Tumors of the Meninges

257

3.45

2,987

4.02

Meningioma

246

3.35

2,860

3.85

Other mesenchymal, benign and malignant

-

-

43

0.06

Hemangioblastoma

6

-

84

0.11

 

 

 

 

 

Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms

38

0.47

264

0.35

Lymphoma

38

0.47

264

0.35

 

 

 

 

 

Germ Cell Tumors and Cysts

11

0.07

68

0.09

Germ cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias

11

0.07

68

0.09

 

 

 

 

 

Tumors of the Sellar Region

79

0.84

689

0.91

Pituitary

67

0.74

610

0.81

Craniopharyngioma

12

0.10

79

0.10

 

 

 

 

 

Local Extensions from Regional Tumors

-

-

27

0.04

Chordoma/chondrosarcoma

-

-

27

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

Unclassified Tumors

46

0.63

598

0.80

Hemangioma

-

-

39

0.05

Neoplasm, unspecified

42

0.60

553

0.74

All other

-

-

6

-

 

 

 

 

 

Total

940

10.83

10,485

13.95

aRates are per 100,000 person-years.

bIncludes data from 15 of the 16 registries listed in Table 5; North Dakota is excluded.

cHispanic is not mutually exclusive of race.

- 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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