Table 4.

Five-year and overall mortality after central nervous tumor diagnosis in the Inpatient Register according to the reporting to the Swedish Cancer Register between 1990–2014, stratified by tumor behavior and age at first hospitalization

	Age <70 years		Age ≥70 years
	N	HR (95% CI)	N	HR (95% CI)
5-year survival
CNS tumors with unknown grading
Inpatient Register only	2,216	0.35 (0.32–0.38)	2,195	0.86 (0.81–0.91)
Inpatient and Cancer Register	10,891	1 (ref)	6,368	1 (ref)
Benign CNS tumors
Inpatient Register only	3,570	0.98 (0.85–1.14)	3,589	1.16 (1.08–1.24)
Inpatient and Cancer Register	13 800	1 (ref)	8,079	1 (ref)
Malignant CNS tumors
Inpatient Register only	1,157	0.73 (0.68–0.79)	2,373	1.18 (1.12–1.25)
Inpatient and Cancer Register	12,118	1 (ref)	7,442	1 (ref)
Overall survival
CNS tumors with unknown grading
Inpatient Register only	2,216	0.34 (0.32–0.37)	2, 195	0.97 (0.92–1.03)
Inpatient and Cancer Register	10,891	1 (ref)	6,368	1 (ref)
Benign CNS tumors
Inpatient Register only	3,570	0.90 (0.81–0.99)	3,589	1.26 (1.20–1.33)
Inpatient and Cancer Register	13,800	1 (ref)	8,079	1 (ref)
Malignant CNS tumors
Inpatient Register only	1,157	0.63 (0.58–0.68)	2,373	1.35 (1.28–1.41)
Inpatient and Cancer Register	12,118	1 (ref)	7,442	1 (ref)

Notes: Analyses adjusted for year of hospitalization, and brain tumor diagnosis. Age was used as the underlying time scale.

Abbreviation: CNS, central nervous system.