TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics of pediatric brain and central nervous system cancer cases, United States, cases diagnosed during 2001–2008^a

Characteristic	Characteristic Subgroup	No.	%b
Total		11 302	100
Sex	Male	6 153	54.4
	Female	5 149	45.6
Age (years)	0–4	3 687	32.6
	5–9	2 818	24.9
	10–14	2 560	22.7
	15–19	2 237	19.8
Race/ethnicity	White, non-Hispanic	7 506	66.4
	Black, non-Hispanic	1 378	12.2
	Hispanic	1 951	17.3
	Other, non-Hispanic	467	4.1
US census region	Northeast	2 545	22.5
	Midwest	2 495	22.1
	South	3 332	29.5
	West	2 930	25.9
Economic status by countyc	Bottom 25%	1 457	12.9
	25–75%	6 723	59.5
	Top 25%	2 806	24.8
Stage	Localized	8 273	73.2
	Regional	1 371	12.1
	Distant	808	7.1
	Unknown	850	7.5
Anatomic site	Lobe	2 348	20.8
	Cerebrum	915	8.1
	Ventricle	642	5.7
	Cerebellum	2 956	26.2
	Brainstem	1 438	12.7
	Other brain	2 083	18.4
	Other CNS	920	8.1
Histologyd	Pilocytic astrocytoma	3 480	30.8
	Diffuse astrocytoma	1 196	10.6
	Anaplastic astrocytoma	355	3.1
	Unique astrocytoma variants	213	1.9
	Glioblastoma	541	4.8
	Oligodendroglioma	281	2.5
	Anaplastic oligodendroglioma	52	0.5
	Oligoastrocytic tumors	173	1.5
	Ependymal tumors	988	8.7
	Glioma malignant, not otherwise specified	548	4.8
	Choroid plexus tumors	105	0.9
	Neuronal and mixed neuronal glial tumors	97	0.9
	Medulloblastoma	1 680	14.9
	Peripheral neuroectodermal tumor	558	4.9
	Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor	288	2.5
	Other embryonal tumors	227	2.0
	Tumors of meninges	114	1.0
	Germ cell tumors and cysts	307	2.7
	Unclassified tumors	69	0.6

^aData were compiled from 34 population-based registries that participate in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Program of Cancer Registries, and meet high-quality data criteria. The registries in the Survival Analysis Dataset cover approximately 67% of the US population. For more information, see US Cancer Statistics technical notes (http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/technical_notes/stat_methods/survival.htm).

^bPercentage is calculated with the denominator of 11,302.

^cExcludes 316 missing cases.

^dExcludes histology categories with <16 cases.

CNS, central nervous system.