Table 9.

Estimated Number of Cases^a,b of Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors by Age, Major Histology Groupings, and Histology, 2015, 2016

Histology	2015 Estimated New Cases					2016 Estimated New Cases
	0–14	<1	1–4	5–9	10–14	0–14	<1	1–4	5–9	10–14
Gliomas	1,810	100	590	610	510	1,820	110	590	620	520
Pilocytic astrocytoma	600	–	190	210	180	610	–	190	210	180
Other low grade glioma	490	–	170	150	130	490	–	170	150	140
High grade glioma	380	–	100	160	110	390	–	100	160	110
Ependymal tumors	190	–	90	–	–	190	–	90	–	–
Other glioma	150	–	–	50	50	150	–	–	50	50
Choroid plexus tumors	80	–	–	–	–	80	–	–	–	–
Tumors of the pineal region	150	–	–	–	70	150	–	–	–	70
Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Embryonal tumors	510	70	210	160	90	520	70	210	160	90
Medulloblastoma	320	–	110	130	70	320	–	110	130	70
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor	80	–	–	–	–	80	–	–	–	–
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor	80	–	–	–	–	80	–	–	–	–
Other embryonal tumors	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tumors of cranial and spinal nerves	160	–	50	50	50	160	–	50	50	50
Tumors of meninges	100	–	–	–	–	100	–	–	–	–
Lymphomas and hematopoietic neoplasms	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Germ cell tumors	120	–	–	–	60	120	–	–	40	60
Tumors of the pituitary	130	–	–	–	90	130	–	–	–	90
Craniopharyngioma	140	–	–	60	–	140	–	–	60	–
Other/unclassified tumors	170	–	–	50	70	170	–	–	50	70
TOTALc	3,420	280	990	1,080	1,050	3,440	280	990	1,090	1,060

^aSource: Estimation based on CBTRUS (NPCR and SEER 2007–2011) data, and US Census population estimates.

^bRounded to the nearest 10. Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

^cRefers to all brain tumors including histologies not presented in this table.

– Estimated number is less than 50 and may affect totals.

Abbreviations: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States.