Table 1.

Number of cases and percent of first primary central nervous system tumors, population demographic characteristics and median age at diagnosis by behavior, California, 2001–2005

Demographic characteristics		Malignant			Benign			Uncertain			Total
		n	%	Median age	n	%	Median age	n	%	Median age	n	%
Age group, years
0–19		1,114	12.1		698	5.0		284	17.4		2,096	8.4
20–64		5,202	56.3		8,676	61.7		941	57.7		14,819	59.5
65+		2,920	31.6		4,683	33.3		405	24.8		8,008	32.1
Sex
Male		5,232	56.6	53*	5,277	37.5	55	830	50.9	44*	11,339	45.5
Female		4,004	43.4	57	8,780	62.5	56	800	49.1	50	13,584	54.5
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White		5,965	64.6	58	8,266	58.8	58	919	56.4	53	15,150	60.8
Non-Hispanic Black		378	4.1	51*	902	6.4	57	116	7.1	47*	1,396	5.6
Hispanic		2,122	23.0	43*	3,092	22.0	47*	424	26.0	34*	5,638	22.6
Asian-Pacific Islander		726	7.9	51*	1,605	11.4	57*	157	9.6	48*	2,488	10.0
Other/unknown		45	0.5	40*	192	1.4	52*	14	0.9	49	251	1.0
Socioeconomic status
Low		3,020	32.7	51*	4,573	32.5	54*	585	35.9	42*	8,180	32.8
Medium		1,907	20.6	56	2,909	20.7	56	352	21.6	50	5,169	20.7
High		4,309	46.7	56	6,575	46.8	56	693	42.5	49	11,579	46.5
Level of urbanization
Rural		631	6.8	58	859	6.1	58	127	7.8	54	1,617	6.5
Urban		8,605	93.2	54*	13,198	93.9	55*	1,503	92.2	47	23,306	93.5
Total		9,236			14,057			1,630			24,923

* P-value < 0.05; female; Non-Hispanic white; SES high and rural were used as the referent catagories