Table 1 Numbers and crude rates (per million population-years) of incident CNS tumours in Denmark, 1980–1996, by age, gender, tumour morphology and location in the brain
From: Increasing incidence of childhood tumours of the central nervous system in Denmark, 1980–1996
Age 0–14 years | Age 0–4 years | Age 5–14 years | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Both sexes | Boys | Girls | Both sexes | Boys | Girls | Both sexes | Boys | Girls | ||||||||||
Tumour definition | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate |
All CNS tumours | 626 | 39.5 | 337 | 41.5 | 289 | 37.3 | 216 | 42.8 | 107 | 41.4 | 109 | 44.2 | 410 | 37.9 | 230 | 41.6 | 180 | 34.1 |
Tumour morphology | ||||||||||||||||||
Astrocytomas | 247 | 15.6 | 123 | 15.2 | 124 | 16.0 | 83 | 16.4 | 39 | 15.1 | 44 | 17.9 | 164 | 15.2 | 84 | 15.2 | 80 | 15.1 |
Primitive neuroectodermal tumours | 111 | 7.0 | 64 | 7.9 | 47 | 6.1 | 42 | 8.3 | 19 | 7.3 | 23 | 9.3 | 69 | 6.4 | 45 | 8.1 | 24 | 4.5 |
Ependymomas | 58 | 3.7 | 31 | 3.8 | 27 | 3.5 | 33 | 6.5 | 16 | 6.2 | 17 | 6.9 | 25 | 2.3 | 15 | 2.7 | 10 | 1.9 |
Other gliomas | 20 | 1.3 | 9 | 1.1 | 11 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.2 | 17 | 1.6 | 9 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.5 |
Othersa | 190 | 12.0 | 110 | 13.6 | 80 | 10.3 | 55 | 10.9 | 33 | 12.8 | 22 | 8.9 | 135 | 12.5 | 77 | 13.9 | 58 | 11.0 |
Tumour topography | ||||||||||||||||||
Cerebellum | 183 | 11.5 | 100 | 12.3 | 83 | 10.7 | 64 | 12.7 | 30 | 11.6 | 34 | 13.8 | 119 | 11.0 | 70 | 12.7 | 49 | 9.3 |
Cerebrum | 175 | 11.0 | 97 | 12.0 | 78 | 10.1 | 62 | 12.3 | 35 | 13.5 | 27 | 11.0 | 113 | 10.5 | 62 | 11.2 | 51 | 9.7 |
Brain stem | 79 | 5.0 | 44 | 5.4 | 35 | 4.5 | 21 | 4.2 | 10 | 3.9 | 11 | 4.5 | 58 | 5.4 | 34 | 6.2 | 24 | 4.5 |
Other locations | 189 | 11.9 | 96 | 11.8 | 93 | 12.0 | 69 | 13.7 | 32 | 12.4 | 37 | 15.0 | 120 | 11.1 | 64 | 11.6 | 56 | 10.6 |
