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.