Table 1.
Distribution and crude incidence rates (IRs) of CNS tumors by site globally and according to histological confirmation, Gironde CNS Tumor Registry, 2000–2007
| Site | All Cases |
Cases with Histological Confirmation |
Cases without Histological Confirmation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | IR | n | % | IR | n | % | IR | |
| Supratentorial | 785 | 41.16 | 7.25 | 660 | 43.62 | 6.09 | 125 | 31.73 | 1.15 |
| Ventricular | 30 | 1.57 | 0.28 | 29 | 1.92 | 0.27 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.01 |
| Infratentorial | 87 | 4.56 | 0.80 | 72 | 4.76 | 0.66 | 15 | 3.81 | 0.14 |
| Unspecified | 611 | 32.04 | 5.64 | 415 | 27.43 | 3.83 | 196 | 49.75 | 1.81 |
| Meningeal | 283 | 14.84 | 2.61 | 250 | 16.52 | 2.31 | 33 | 8.38 | 0.30 |
| Intracranial and intraspinal | 111 | 5.82 | 1.02 | 87 | 5.75 | 0.80 | 24 | 6.09 | 0.22 |
| Total | 1907 | 100.00 | 17.60 | 1513 | 100.00 | 13.97 | 394 | 100.00 | 3.64 |