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. 2019 Jan 4;11:81–92. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S177683

Table 3.

Proportions of central nervous system tumor cases in the Inpatient Register not found in the Swedish Cancer Register between 1990–2014 by age at first hospitalization and decade of diagnosis

Brain tumors

All combined Malignant Benign Unknown behavior

Age at hospitalization (years) Between 1990–1999 Not reported, n (%) Total Not reported, n (%) Total Not reported, n (%) Total Not reported, n (%) Total

0–19 162 (16.4) 989 39 (6.8) 578 34 (23.5) 145 89 (32.3) 276
20–69 1,067 (14.2) 7,536 417 (9.8) 4,262 172 (25.6) 672 481 (18.1) 2,661
70+ 1,619 (34.2) 4,730 893 (32.0) 2,794 97 (40.9) 237 639 (37.0) 1,727

Overall 2,848 (21.5) 13,255 1,349 (17.7) 7,634 303 (28.8) 1,054 1,209 (25.9) 4,664

Between 2000–2009
0–19 211 (23.0) 919 47 (9.8) 482 67 (43.8) 153 98 (33.9) 289
20–69 1,287 (16.5) 7,798 370 (10.4) 3,557 344 (39.0) 882 576 (17.0) 3,383
70+ 1,874 (36.4) 5,145 956 (36.5) 2,662 119 (40.2) 296 809 (36.0) 2,249

Overall 3,372 (24.3) 13,862 1,373 (20.5) 6.701 530 (39.8) 1,331 1,483 (25.0) 5,921

Between 2010–2014
0–19 118 (23.3) 506 34 (12.6) 269 20 (40.8) 49 64 (33.9) 189
20–69 640 (14.9) 4,296 123 (7.4) 1,667 175 (38.0) 460 342 (15.6) 2,193
70+ 721 (26.8) 2,690 316 (26.1) 1.213 70 (40.5) 173 336 (25.7) 1,310

Overall 1,479 (19.7) 7,492 473 (15.0) 3,149 265 (38.9) 682 742 (20.1) 3,692

Central nervous system tumors (excluding brain tumors)

Between 1990–1999
0–19 87 (34.5) 252 9 (9.7) 92 63 (52.9) 119 15 (35.7) 42
20–69 909 (18.9) 4,805 49 (10.5) 465 740 (18.8) 3,922 120 (28.4) 422
70+ 1,114 (39.3) 2,838 86 (29.2) 295 925 (40.2) 2,303 104 (42.3) 246

Overall 2,110 (26.7) 7,895 144 (16.9) 852 1,728 (27.4) 6,344 239 (33.7) 710

Between 2000–2009
0–19 71 (35.2) 202 7 (13.0) 54 32 (43.8) 73 32 (41.0) 78
20–69 1,386 (23.3) 5,955 39 (8.2) 474 1,112 (24.2) 4,599 235 (26.6) 884
70+ 1,720 (43.2) 3,979 99 (25.5) 389 1,386 (46.4) 2,987 239 (39.1) 611

Overall 3,177 (31.3) 10,136 145 (15.8) 917 2,530 (33.0) 7,659 763 (31.4) 2,428

Between 2010–2014
0–19 41 (39.8) 103 1 (4.3) 23 27 (64.3) 42 13 (34.2) 38
20–69 964 (28.0) 3,446 22 (11.3) 195 785 (29.0) 2,709 157 (29.0) 542
70+ 1,109 (44.3) 2,506 23 (17.8) 129 999 (47.5) 2,104 87 (31.9) 273
Overall 2,114 (34.9) 6 055 46 (13.3) 347 1,811 (37.3) 4, 855 257 (30.1) 855