Table 6.
Average Annual Age-Adjusted Incidence Ratesa for Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors by Major Histology Groupings, Histology, and Raceb, CBTRUS Statistical Report: Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Infant and Childhood Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2007–2011
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Black |
AIAN |
API |
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| Histology | N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI |
| Gliomas | 6,786 | 2.92 | (2.85–2.99) | 1,104 | 2.21 | (2.08–2.34) | 68 | 1.25 | (0.97–1.59) | 470 | 2.78 | (2.54–3.05) |
| Pilocytic astrocytoma | 2,290 | 0.99 | (0.95–1.03) | 343 | 0.68 | (0.61–0.76) | 20 | 0.36 | (0.22–0.56) | 149 | 0.88 | (0.74–1.03) |
| Other low grade glioma | 1,866 | 0.80 | (0.77–0.84) | 269 | 0.54 | (0.47–0.60) | 19 | 0.35 | (0.21–0.55) | 126 | 0.74 | (0.62–0.89) |
| High grade glioma | 1,370 | 0.59 | (0.56–0.62) | 286 | 0.58 | (0.51–0.65) | – | – | – | 99 | 0.59 | (0.48–0.72) |
| Ependymal tumors | 699 | 0.30 | (0.28–0.32) | 118 | 0.23 | (0.19–0.28) | – | – | – | 45 | 0.26 | (0.19–0.35) |
| Other glioma | 561 | 0.24 | (0.22–0.26) | 88 | 0.18 | (0.14–0.22) | – | – | – | 51 | 0.31 | (0.23–0.41) |
| Choroid plexus tumors | 299 | 0.13 | (0.11–0.14) | 33 | 0.06 | (0.04–0.09) | – | – | – | 26 | 0.15 | (0.10–0.22) |
| Tumors of the pineal region | 562 | 0.24 | (0.22–0.26) | 86 | 0.17 | (0.14–0.21) | – | – | – | 44 | 0.26 | (0.19–0.35) |
| Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors | 87 | 0.04 | (0.03–0.05) | 43 | 0.09 | (0.06–0.12) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Embryonal tumors | 1,964 | 0.84 | (0.81–0.88) | 282 | 0.56 | (0.49–0.62) | 16 | 0.29 | (0.17–0.47) | 123 | 0.71 | (0.59–0.85) |
| Medulloblastoma | 1,237 | 0.53 | (0.50–0.56) | 151 | 0.30 | (0.26–0.36) | – | – | – | 76 | 0.44 | (0.35–0.56) |
| Primitive neuroectodermal tumor | 288 | 0.12 | (0.11–0.14) | 52 | 0.10 | (0.08–0.13) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor | 289 | 0.12 | (0.11–0.14) | 43 | 0.08 | (0.06–0.11) | – | – | – | 26 | 0.14 | (0.09–0.21) |
| Other embryonal tumors | 150 | 0.06 | (0.05–0.08) | 36 | 0.07 | (0.05–0.10) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tumors of cranial and spinal nerves | 565 | 0.24 | (0.22–0.26) | 112 | 0.22 | (0.18–0.27) | – | – | – | 66 | 0.39 | (0.30–0.50) |
| Tumors of meninges | 366 | 0.16 | (0.14–0.17) | 56 | 0.11 | (0.08–0.14) | – | – | – | 30 | 0.18 | (0.12–0.26) |
| Lymphomas and hematopoietic neoplasms | 51 | 0.02 | (0.02–0.03) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Germ cell tumors | 440 | 0.19 | (0.17–0.21) | 59 | 0.12 | (0.09–0.15) | – | – | – | 85 | 0.52 | (0.41–0.64) |
| Tumors of the pituitary | 481 | 0.21 | (0.19–0.23) | 86 | 0.17 | (0.14–0.21) | – | – | – | 48 | 0.30 | (0.22–0.40) |
| Craniopharyngioma | 488 | 0.21 | (0.19–0.23) | 104 | 0.21 | (0.17–0.25) | – | – | – | 46 | 0.27 | (0.20–0.37) |
| Other/unclassified tumors | 615 | 0.27 | (0.24–0.29) | 94 | 0.19 | (0.15–0.23) | – | – | – | 71 | 0.42 | (0.33–0.53) |
| TOTALc | 12,704 | 5.46 | (5.37–5.56) | 2,069 | 4.12 | (3.94–4.30) | 134 | 2.46 | (2.06–2.92) | 1,020 | 6.05 | (5.69–6.44) |
Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.
Individuals with unknown race were excluded
Refers to all brain tumors including histologies not presented in this table.
- Counts are not presented when fewer than 16 cases were reported for the specific histology category. Suppressed cases are included in the total count.
Abbreviations: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; CI, confidence interval; AIAN, American Indian/Alaskan Native; API, Asian/Pacific Islander.