Table 16: Number of Cases and Percent of First Primary Malignant Central Nervous System Tumors by Demographics and Anatomic Site, 65 Years and Older, California, 2001-2005
Demographic Characteristics		Nerve sheath tumors		Meningioma		Pituitary tumors		Neoplasm, NOS		Other		Total
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex	Male	236	52.2%	931	27.7%	491	61.6%	12	35.3%	21	58.3%	1,691	36.1%
	Female	216	47.8%	2,433	72.3%	306	38.4%	22	64.7%	15	41.7%	2,992	63.9%
Race/Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic White	313	69.2%	2,317	68.9%	427	53.6%	27	79.4%	26	72.2%	3,110	66.4%
	Non-Hispanic Black	13	2.9%	193	5.7%	95	11.9%	<5	8.8%	<5	2.8%	305	6.5%
	Hispanic	49	10.8%	447	13.3%	164	20.6%	<5	5.9%	6	16.7%	668	14.3%
	Asian-Pacific Islander	63	13.9%	381	11.3%	108	13.6%	<5	5.9%	<5	8.3%	557	11.9%
	Other/Unknown	14	3.1%	26	0.8%	<5	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	43	0.9%
Socioeconomic Status	Low	109	24.1%	1,068	31.7%	270	33.9%	14	41.2%	10	27.8%	1,471	31.4%
	Medium	92	20.4%	706	21.0%	173	21.7%	10	29.4%	10	27.8%	991	21.2%
	High	251	55.5%	1,590	47.3%	354	44.4%	10	29.4%	16	44.4%	2,221	47.4%
Level of Urbanization	Rural	36	8.0%	218	6.5%	37	4.6%	6	17.6%	<5	2.8%	298	6.4%
	Urban	416	92.0%	3,146	93.5%	760	95.4%	28	82.4%	35	97.2%	4,385	93.6%
Total		452		3,364		797		34		36		4,683