Table 1.
Total number and proportions of central nervous system tumor cases in the Inpatient Register not found in the Swedish Cancer Register by age at first hospitalization between 1990–2014
| Brain tumors
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| Age at hospitalization (years) | All combined
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Malignant
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Benign
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Unknown behavior
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| Not reported, n (%) | Total | Not reported, n (%) | Total | Not reported, n (%) | Total | Not reported, n (%) | Total | |
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| 0–19 | 491 (20.3) | 2,414 | 120 (9.0) | 1,329 | 121 (34.9) | 347 | 251 (33.3) | 754 |
| 20–69 | 2,994 (15.3) | 19,630 | 910 (9.6) | 9,486 | 691 (34.3) | 2,014 | 1,399 (17.0) | 8,237 |
| 70+ | 4,214 (33.6) | 12,565 | 2,165 (32.7) | 6,629 | 286 (40.5) | 706 | 1,784 (33.8) | 5,286 |
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| Overall | 7,699 (22.2) | 34,612 | 3,195 (18.3) | 17,444 | 1,098 (35.8) | 3,067 | 3,434 (24.0) | 14,277 |
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| Mean age at hospitalization | 64.0 | 59.0 | 70.0 | 59.5 | 50.4 | 50.6 | 62.7 | 60.2 |
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| Other central nervous system tumors (excluding brain tumors) | ||||||||
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| 0–19 | 199 (35.7) | 557 | 17 (10.1) | 169 | 122 (52.1) | 234 | 60 (38.0) | 158 |
| 20–69 | 3,259 (22.9) | 14,206 | 110 (9.7) | 1,134 | 2,637 (23.5) | 11,230 | 512 (27.7) | 1,850 |
| 70+ | 3,943 (42.3) | 9,323 | 208 (25.6) | 813 | 3,310 (44.8) | 7,394 | 430 (38.1) | 1,130 |
| Overall | 7,401 (30.7) | 24,086 | 335 (15.8) | 2,116 | 6,069 (32.2) | 18,858 | 1,002 (32.0) | 3,138 |
| Mean age at hospitalization | 66.5 | 62.1 | 67.5 | 59.1 | 67.5 | 62.9 | 60.4 | 59.8 |