Table 1: Number of Cases and Percent of First Primary Central Nervous System Tumors among Children, Adolescents and Teens by A

Table 1: Number of Cases and Percent of First Primary Central Nervous System Tumors among Children, Adolescents and Teens by Age Group, Population Demographic Characteristics and Tumor Behavior, California, 2001-2005

Demographic Characteristics			Malignant		Benign		Uncertain
			n	%	n	%	n	%

< 5 years	Sex	Male	193	56.9%	72	46.8%	30	55.6%
< 5 years		Female	146	43.1%	82	53.2%	24	44.4%

	Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white	108	31.9%	62	40.3%	23	42.6%
		Non-Hispanic black	21	6.2%	8	5.2%
		Hispanic	168	49.6%	69	44.8%	25	46.3%
		Asian-Pacific Islander	37	10.9%	11	7.1%
		Other/Unknown	5	1.5%

	Socioeconomic Status	Low	147	43.4%	72	46.8%	27	50.0%
	Socioeconomic Status	Medium	62	18.3%	29	18.8%	12	22.2%
		High	130	38.3%	53	34.4%	15	27.8%

	Level of Urbanization	Urban	325	95.9%	144	93.5%	50	92.6%
	Level of Urbanization	Rural	14	4.1%	10	6.5%

	Total		339		154		54

5-9 years	Sex	Male	155	52.2%	68	45.9%	39	60.0%
5-9 years		Female	142	47.8%	80	54.1%	26	40.0%

	Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white	113	38.0%	74	50.0%	25	38.5%
		Non-Hispanic black	17	5.7%	9	6.1%
		Hispanic	138	46.5%	55	37.2%	30	46.2%
		Asian-Pacific Islander	24	8.1%	8	5.4%	8	12.3%
		Other/Unknown	5	1.7%			0	0.0%

	Socioeconomic Status	Low	134	45.1%	52	35.1%	31	47.7%
	Socioeconomic Status	Medium	53	17.8%	34	23.0%	11	16.9%
		High	110	37.0%	62	41.9%	23	35.4%

	Level of Urbanization	Urban	283	95.3%	138	93.2%	61	93.8%
	Level of Urbanization	Rural	14	4.7%	10	6.8%

	Total		297		148		65

10-14 years	Sex	Male	154	60.4%	82	51.3%	43	56.6%
10-14 years		Female	101	39.6%	78	48.8%	33	43.4%

	Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white	113	44.3%	78	48.8%	33	43.4%
		Non-Hispanic black	10	3.9%	10	6.3%	8	10.5%
		Hispanic	104	40.8%	61	38.1%	31	40.8%
		Asian-Pacific Islander	27	10.6%	6	3.8%
		Other/Unknown			5	3.1%	0	0.0%

	Socioeconomic Status	Low	104	40.8%	58	36.3%	37	48.7%
	Socioeconomic Status	Medium	42	16.5%	35	21.9%	10	13.2%
		High	109	42.7%	67	41.9%	29	38.2%

	Level of Urbanization	Urban	243	95.3%	151	94.4%	69	90.8%
	Level of Urbanization	Rural	12	4.7%	9	5.6%	7	9.2%

	Total		255		160		76

15-19 years	Sex	Male	138	61.9%	101	42.8%	52	58.4%
15-19 years		Female	85	38.1%	135	57.2%	37	41.6%

	Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white	102	45.7%	105	44.5%	40	44.9%
		Non-Hispanic black	12	5.4%	9	3.8%	7	7.9%
		Hispanic	73	32.7%	103	43.6%	36	40.4%
		Asian-Pacific Islander	35	15.7%	17	7.2%	5	5.6%
		Other/Unknown

	Socioeconomic Status	Low	85	38.1%	105	44.5%	32	36.0%
	Socioeconomic Status	Medium	42	18.8%	49	20.8%	16	18.0%
		High	96	43.0%	82	34.7%	41	46.1%

	Level of Urbanization	Urban	207	92.8%	223	94.5%	81	91.0%
	Level of Urbanization	Rural	16	7.2%	13	5.5%	8	9.0%

	Total		223		236		89


Shaded cells = categories with less than 5 cases were omitted.