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. 2020 Jul 29;10(8):492. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10080492

Table 1.

Demographics of common primary brain tumors in the United States from 2012–2016.

5-Year Total % of Tumors Median Age M:F Annual
Meningioma 152,756 37.6% 66.0 1:2.72
Sellar Region Tumors 71,084 17.5% 51.0 1:1.20
Glioblastoma 59,164 14.6% 65.0 1.37:1
Nerve Sheath Tumors 35,017 8.6% 56.0 1:1.09
Unclassified Tumors 20,556 5.1% 63.0 1:1.20
Lymphoma 7680 1.9% 66.0 1.02:1
Diffuse Astrocytoma 7500 1.8% 47.0 1.22:1
Anaplastic Astrocytoma 7015 1.7% 53.0 1.23:1
Ependymal Tumors 6877 1.7% 45.0 1.32:1
Pilocytic Astrocytoma 5166 1.3% 12.0 1.08:1
Oligodendroglioma 3668 0.9% 43.0 1.21:1
Embryonal Tumors 3493 0.9% 8.0 1.41:1
Germ Cell Tumors 1543 0.4% 16.0 2.18:1
Choroid Plexus Tumors 817 0.2% 36.0 1.01:1
Pineal Region Tumors 796 0.2% 34.5 1:1.34

Based on CBTRUS Statistical Report: U.S. Cancer Statistics—NPCR and SEER 2012–2016. These values make up 94.4% of tumors from the data collected from 2012–2016.

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