Table 8.
Average Annual Age-Adjusted Incidence Ratesa for Childhood Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors by Region of the United States and Age at Diagnosis, 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
| Age At Diagnosis (years) |
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| 0–14 |
<1 |
1–4 |
5–9 |
10–14 |
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| Region | Included states | N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI |
| New England | Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; | 720 | 5.59 | (5.19–6.01) | 50 | 6.38 | (4.74–8.41) | 192 | 5.96 | (5.14–6.86) | 228 | 5.33 | (4.66–6.07) | 250 | 5.41 | (4.76–6.12) |
| Middle Atlantic | New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania; | 2,175 | 5.78 | (5.53–6.02) | 168 | 6.85 | (5.85–7.97) | 590 | 6.08 | (5.60–6.60) | 654 | 5.29 | (4.89–5.71) | 763 | 5.82 | (5.41–6.25) |
| South Atlantic | Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia | 2,948 | 5.20 | (5.01–5.39) | 230 | 6.09 | (5.33–6.93) | 884 | 5.87 | (5.49–6.27) | 897 | 4.81 | (4.50–5.14) | 937 | 4.90 | (4.59–5.22) |
| East North Central | Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin | 2,482 | 5.40 | (5.19–5.61) | 198 | 6.80 | (5.88–7.81) | 701 | 5.91 | (5.48–6.36) | 777 | 5.08 | (4.73–5.45) | 806 | 5.06 | (4.72–5.42) |
| East South Central | Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee | 943 | 5.19 | (4.87–5.53) | 82 | 6.77 | (5.39–8.41) | 228 | 4.75 | (4.16–5.41) | 318 | 5.29 | (4.72–5.90) | 315 | 5.13 | (4.58–5.73) |
| West North Central | Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota | 1,046 | 5.08 | (4.78–5.40) | 70 | 5.08 | (3.96–6.42) | 327 | 5.94 | (5.31–6.62) | 345 | 5.08 | (4.56–5.65) | 304 | 4.43 | (3.94–4.95) |
| West South Central | Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas | 2,285 | 5.75 | (5.51–5.99) | 189 | 7.00 | (6.04–8.07) | 656 | 6.10 | (5.65–6.59) | 737 | 5.60 | (5.20–6.02) | 703 | 5.39 | (5.00–5.80) |
| Mountain | Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming | 982 | 4.69 | (4.40–4.99) | 80 | 5.68 | (4.50–7.06) | 315 | 5.49 | (4.90–6.13) | 295 | 4.25 | (3.78–4.77) | 292 | 4.33 | (3.85–4.86) |
| Pacific | Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington | 2,463 | 4.69 | (4.51–4.88) | 188 | 5.31 | (4.57–6.12) | 699 | 4.99 | (4.63–5.38) | 770 | 4.53 | (4.22–4.87) | 806 | 4.50 | (4.19–4.82) |
| TOTALb | 16,044 | 5.26 | (5.18–5.34) | 1,255 | 6.22 | (5.88–6.58) | 4,592 | 5.53 | (5.53–5.86) | 5,021 | 5.00 | (4.86–5.14) | 5,176 | 5.00 | (4.87–5.14) | |
Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.
Refers to all brain tumors including histologies not presented in this table.
– Counts and rates are not presented when fewer than 16 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; CI, confidence interval.