Table 13: Selected Childhood Primary
(Malignant and Non-Malignant) Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Incidence Ratesa by Major Histology Groupings, Histology
and Gender (Ages 0-19), Age-Adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population,
CBTRUS 1995-1999b
|
|
Males |
Females
|
Total |
|||
|
Histology
|
N |
Adjusted
Rate |
N |
Adjusted
Rate |
N |
Adjusted
Rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue
|
1,253 |
3.17 |
1,107 |
2.93 |
2,360 |
3.05 |
|
Pilocytic
astrocytoma |
281 |
0.71 |
260 |
0.69 |
541 |
0.70 |
|
Anaplastic
astrocytoma |
33 |
0.08 |
42 |
0.11 |
75 |
0.10 |
|
Astrocytoma,
NOS |
123 |
0.31 |
101 |
0.27 |
224 |
0.29 |
|
Glioblastoma |
70 |
0.18 |
46 |
0.12 |
116 |
0.15 |
|
Ependymoma/anaplastic
ependymoma |
98 |
0.25 |
82 |
0.22 |
180 |
0.23 |
|
Glioma
malignant, NOS |
126 |
0.32 |
143 |
0.38 |
269 |
0.35 |
|
Benign
and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed |
91 |
0.23 |
75 |
0.20 |
166 |
0.22 |
|
Embryonal/primitive/ medulloblastoma |
276 |
0.69 |
208 |
0.55 |
484 |
0.62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves
|
35 |
0.09 |
30 |
0.08 |
65 |
0.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumors of the Meninges |
75 |
0.19 |
58 |
0.16 |
133 |
0.18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms |
8 |
- |
8 |
- |
16 |
0.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germ Cell Tumors and Cysts
|
93 |
0.24 |
38 |
0.10 |
131 |
0.17 |
|
Germ
cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias |
93 |
0.24 |
38 |
0.10 |
131 |
0.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumors of the Sellar Region
|
64 |
0.16 |
131 |
0.36 |
195 |
0.26 |
Craniopharyngioma
|
48 |
0.12 |
55 |
0.15 |
103 |
0.13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Local Extensions from Regional Tumors
|
- |
- |
10 |
0.03 |
15 |
0.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unclassified Tumors
|
63 |
0.16 |
55 |
0.15 |
118 |
0.15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totalc |
1,596 |
4.05 |
1,437 |
3.82 |
3,033 |
3.94 |
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.
c Refers to all childhood brain tumors, including histologies
not presented in this table.
- 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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