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. 2016 Oct 15;18(Suppl 5):v1–v75. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now207

Table 16.

Five-Year Total, Annual Average Totala, and Average Annual Age-Adjusted Incidence Ratesb for Children and Adolescents (Age 0-19 Years), Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors by Major Histology Groupings, Histology, and Hispanic Ethnicityc, CBTRUS Statistical Report: NPCR and SEER, 2009-2013

Hispanic (Age 0-19 Years) Non-Hispanic (Age 0-19 Years)
Histology 5-year total Annual average Rate 95% CI 5-year total Annual average Rate 95% CI
Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue 2,782 556 2.88 (2.77-2.98) 12,475 2,495 3.96 (3.89-4.03)
Pilocytic astrocytoma 588 118 0.61 (0.56-0.66) 3034 607 0.96 (0.93-1.00)
Diffuse astrocytoma 159 32 0.17 (0.14-0.20) 914 183 0.29 (0.27-0.31)
Anaplastic astrocytoma 77 15 0.08 (0.07-0.10) 297 59 0.09 (0.08-0.11)
Unique astrocytoma variants 96 19 0.10 (0.08-0.12) 362 72 0.11 (0.10-0.13)
Glioblastoma 156 31 0.17 (0.14-0.19) 531 106 0.17 (0.15-0.18)
Oligodendroglioma 24 5 0.03 (0.02-0.04) 177 35 0.05 (0.05-0.06)
Anaplastic oligodendroglioma -- -- -- -- 24 5 0.01 (0.00-0.01)
Oligoastrocytic tumors 17 3 0.02 (0.01-0.03) 110 22 0.03 (0.03-0.04)
Ependymal tumors 286 57 0.29 (0.26-0.33) 933 187 0.29 (0.28-0.31)
Glioma malignant, NOS 462 92 0.47 (0.43-0.52) 2259 452 0.72 (0.69-0.75)
Choroid plexus tumors 82 16 0.08 (0.07-0.10) 304 61 0.10 (0.09-0.11)
Other neuroepithelial tumors -- -- -- -- 28 6 0.01 (0.01-0.01)
Neuronal and mixed neuronal- glial tumors 259 52 0.28 (0.24-0.31) 1363 273 0.43 (0.40-0.45)
Tumors of the pineal region 34 7 0.03 (0.02-0.05) 148 30 0.05 (0.04-0.06)
Embryonal tumors 532 106 0.54 (0.49-0.58) 1991 398 0.64 (0.61-0.67)
Medulloblastoma d 330 66 0.34 (0.30-0.38) 1,298 260 0.42 (0.39-0.44)
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor e 60 12 0.06 (0.05-0.08) 273 55 0.09 (0.08-0.10)
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor f 101 20 0.10 (0.08-0.12) 254 51 0.08 (0.07-0.09)
Other embryonal histologies g 41 8 0.04 (0.03-0.06) 166 33 0.05 (0.05-0.06)
Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves 195 39 0.21 (0.18-0.24) 1018 204 0.32 (0.30-0.34)
Nerve sheath tumors 195 39 0.21 (0.18-0.24) 1016 203 0.32 (0.30-0.34)
Other tumors of cranial and spinal nerves -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Tumors of Meninges 171 34 0.18 (0.16-0.21) 839 168 0.26 (0.24-0.28)
Meningioma 93 19 0.10 (0.08-0.12) 520 104 0.16 (0.15-0.17)
Mesenchymal tumors 37 7 0.04 (0.03-0.05) 173 35 0.05 (0.05-0.06)
Primary melanocytic lesions -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Other neoplasms related to the meninges 37 7 0.04 (0.03-0.06) 140 28 0.04 (0.04-0.05)
Lymphomas and Hematopoietic Neoplasms 29 6 0.03 (0.02-0.04) 88 18 0.03 (0.02-0.03)
Lymphoma -- -- -- - 43 9 0.01 (0.01-0.02)
Other hematopoietic neoplasms -- -- -- -- 45 9 0.01 (0.01-0.02)
Germ Cell Tumors and Cysts 191 38 0.21 (0.18-0.24) 718 144 0.23 (0.21-0.24)
Germ cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias 191 38 0.21 (0.18-0.24) 718 144 0.23 (0.21-0.24)
Tumors of Sellar Region 829 166 0.91 (0.85-0.98) 2619 524 0.80 (0.77-0.83)
Tumors of the pituitary 634 127 0.70 (0.65-0.76) 2003 401 0.60 (0.58-0.63)
Craniopharyngioma 195 39 0.21 (0.18-0.24) 616 123 0.20 (0.18-0.21)
Unclassified Tumors 277 55 0.29 (0.26-0.33) 1125 225 0.35 (0.33-0.37)
Hemangioma 106 21 0.11 (0.09-0.14) 427 85 0.13 (0.12-0.15)
Neoplasm, unspecified 164 33 0.18 (0.15-0.20) 682 136 0.21 (0.20-0.23)
All other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
TOTAL h 4,474 895 4.71 (4.57-4.85) 18,882 3,776 5.94 (5.86-6.03)

aAnnual average cases are calculated by dividing the five-year total by five.

bRates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.

cHispanic ethnicity is not mutually exclusive of race; Classified using the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries Hispanic Identification Algorithm, version 2 (NHIA v2).

dICD-O-3 histology codes: 9470/3, 9471/3, 9472/3, 9474/3.

eICD-O-3 histology code: 9473/3.

fICD-O-3 histology code: 9508/3.

gICD-O-3 histology codes: 8963/3, 9364/3, 9480/3, 9490/0, 9490/3, 9500/3, 9501/3, 9502/3.

hRefers to all brain and other CNS tumors including histologies not presented in this table.

- Counts and rates are not presented when fewer than 16 cases were reported in the five year period for the specific histology category. The suppressed cases are included in the counts and rates for totals.

Abbreviations: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; NPCR, National Program of Cancer Registries; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program; CI, confidence interval; NOS, not otherwise specified.