Table 2. Number of tumour cases in England 2001–2007 by ethnicity, and number of patients with missing ethnicity.
| White | Indian | Pakistani | Bangladeshi | Black African | Black Caribbean | Chinese | All other ethnic groups | No ethnicity recorded | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glioblastomas | 10,077 | (78.3) | 99 | (0.8) | 59 | (0.5) | 26 | (0.2) | 26 | (0.2) | 58 | (0.5) | 15 | (0.1) | 707 | (5.5) | 1,803 | (14.0) | 12,870 |
| Other Gliomas | 8,893 | (73.1) | 148 | (1.2) | 105 | (0.9) | 27 | (0.2) | 62 | (0.5) | 83 | (0.7) | 39 | (0.3) | 851 | (7.0) | 1,950 | (16.0) | 12,158 |
| Meninges | 7,358 | (73.5) | 94 | (0.9) | 79 | (0.8) | 11 | (0.1) | 58 | (0.6) | 104 | (1.0) | 30 | (0.3) | 672 | (6.7) | 1,601 | (16.0) | 10,007 |
| Cranial & Paraspinal nerve | 2,317 | (72.0) | 35 | (1.1) | 29 | (0.9) | 8 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.4) | 15 | (0.5) | 13 | (0.4) | 165 | (5.1) | 622 | (19.3) | 3,216 |
| Pituitary | 2,795 | (70.7) | 73 | (1.8) | 43 | (1.1) | 2 | (0.1) | 52 | (1.3) | 107 | (2.7) | 22 | (0.6) | 294 | (7.4) | 568 | (14.4) | 3,956 |
| All five cancers | 31,440 | (74.5) | 449 | (1.1) | 315 | (0.7) | 74 | (0.2) | 210 | (0.5) | 367 | (0.9) | 119 | (0.3) | 2,689 | (6.4) | 6,544 | (15.5) | 42,207 |
Footnotes:
Percentages in brackets.