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. 2016 Aug 29;19(2):270–280. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now166

Table 1.

Truncated age-standardized rates (ASR) and 95% CI of brain and CNS cancer incidence (per 100,000) by sex and country, ages ≥15 y, diagnoses 2003–2007.

Country Number of Registries Total Men Women % Women M:F Ratio
Cases ASR(W) 95% CI Cases ASR(W) 95%CI
Africa
 Uganda 1 39 31 2.6 1.4 – 3.7 8 1.0 0.2 – 1.7 20.5 2.7
South and Central America
 Brazil 1 373 214 13.3 11.4 – 15.1 159 7.9 6.6 – 9.1 42.6 1.7
 Costa Rica* 1 518 301 4.5 3.9 – 5.0 217 3.1 2.6 – 3.5 41.9 1.5
 Colombia 1 428 220 7.4 6.4 – 8.4 208 5.5 4.7 – 6.2 48.6 1.4
 Ecuador 1 235 121 5.4 4.4 – 6.3 114 4.5 3.6 – 5.3 48.5 1.2
North America
 Canada 3 988 539 7.2 6.5 – 7.8 449 5.3 4.7 – 5.8 45.4 1.4
 USA: Black 9 507 248 4.4 3.8 – 4.9 259 3.6 3.1 – 4.0 51.1 1.2
 USA: White 9 7191 4012 8.3 8.0 – 8.5 3179 6.0 5.7 – 6.2 44.2 1.4
Asia
 China 3 3901 1815 5.2 4.9 – 5.4 2086 5.4 5.1 – 5.6 53.5 1.0
 India 3 2375 1464 4.2 3.9 – 4.4 911 2.9 2.7 – 3.0 38.4 1.5
 Israel 1 1609 872 8.2 7.6 – 8.7 737 5.8 5.3 – 6.2 45.8 1.4
 Japan 3 1700 911 2.6 2.2 – 2.7 789 1.8 1.6 – 1.9 46.4 1.4
 Philippines 1 421 218 3.2 2.7 – 3.6 203 2.7 2.3 – 3.0 48.2 1.2
 Singapore* 1 367 205 2.9 2.4 – 3.3 162 2.2 1.8 – 2.5 44.1 1.3
 Thailand 3 351 170 2.4 2.0 – 2.7 181 2.4 2.1 – 2.6 51.6 1.0
Oceania
 Australia 6 6888 3993 8.5 8.1 – 8.8 2895 5.6 5.4 – 5.7 42 1.5
 New Zealand* 1 1269 729 7.9 7.3 – 8.4 540 5.4 4.9 – 5.8 42.6 1.5
Europe
Eastern Europe
  Czech Republic* 1 3722 1953 7.8 7.4 – 8.1 1769 5.9 5.6 – 6.1 47.5 1.3
  Poland 1 304 135 9.8 8.1 – 11.4 169 9.2 7.6 – 10.7 55.6 1.1
  Russian Federation 1 1264 596 6.2 5.6 – 6.7 668 4.5 4.1 – 4.8 52.8 1.4
  Slovakia* 1 1825 960 8.5 7.9 – 9.0 865 6.0 5.5 – 6.1 47.4 1.4
Northern Europe
  Denmark* 1 2193 1251 9.0 8.4 – 9.5 933 6.2 5.7 – 6.6 42.9 1.4
  Estonia* 1 401 215 7.5 6.4 – 8.5 186 4.8 4.0 – 5.5 46.4 1.6
  Finland* 1 1738 908 6.9 6.4 – 7.3 830 5.4 4.9 – 5.8 47.8 1.3
  Iceland* 1 117 62 9.5 7.1 – 11.8 55 7.6 5.5 – 9.7 47 1.2
  Latvia* 1 972 456 9.2 8.3 – 10.0 516 7.6 6.8 – 8.3 53.1 1.2
  Lithuania* 1 1351 635 8.8 8.0 – 9.5 716 6.9 6.3 – 7.4 53 1.3
  Norway* 1 1752 984 9.0 8.3 – 9.6 768 6.3 5.6 – 6.9 43.8 1.4
  Sweden* 1 2763 1609 7.3 6.7 – 7.8 1154 5.0 4.5 – 5.4 41.7 1.4
  United Kingdom 9 14210 8313 8.1 7.9 – 8.2 5897 5.1 4.9 – 5.2 41.5 1.6
Southern Europe
 Croatia* 1 2553 1298 12.0 11.3 – 12.6 1255 9.4 8.8 – 9.9 49.2 1.3
 Italy 8 2491 1323 8.8 8.2 – 9.3 1168 6.1 5.6 – 6.5 46.9 1.4
 Malta* 1 110 60 6.3 4.6 – 7.9 50 4.6 3.2 – 5.9 45.5 1.4
 Slovenia* 1 660 356 7.3 6.5 – 8.0 304 5.0 4.3 – 5.6 46.1 1.5
 Spain 7 1787 957 7.9 7.3 – 8.4 830 6.1 5.6 – 6.5 46.4 1.3
Western Europe
 Austria 2 334 191 7.4 6.3 – 8.5 143 4.9 4.0 – 5.7 42.8 1.5
 France 8 1972 1085 7.3 6.8 – 7.7 887 5.2 4.8 – 5.5 45 1.4
 Germany 1 485 254 8.6 7.4 – 9.7 231 6.6 5.5 – 7.6 47.6 1.3
 Netherlands* 1 5079 2945 7.5 7.2 – 7.7 2134 5.0 4.7 – 5.2 42 1.5
 Switzerland 6 791 434 7.7 6.9 – 8.4 357 5.5 4.8 – 6.1 45.1 1.4

ASR(W) Age-standardized using the world population; % Women (proportion of cancers in women); M:F ratio (Male and Female Ratio); * identifies national registries.