Table 17: 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		Meninges		Brain Lobes		Cerebellum		Spinal Cord, Cauda Equina & Cranial Nerves		Acoustic Nerve		Cranial Nerves		Pituitary Gland		Overlapping lesions		Brain/Nervous System, NOS		Other		Total
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex	Men	862	27.5%	63	38.7%	21	46.7%	42	42.4%	146	52.7%	30	61.2%	491	61.5%	6	23.1%	16	28.6%	14	41.2%	1,691	36.1%
	Women	2,273	72.5%	100	61.3%	24	53.3%	57	57.6%	131	47.3%	19	38.8%	308	38.5%	20	76.9%	40	71.4%	20	58.8%	2,992	63.9%
Race/Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic White	2,147	68.5%	126	77.3%	34	75.6%	67	67.7%	196	70.8%	31	63.3%	427	53.4%	18	69.2%	43	76.8%	21	61.8%	3,110	66.4%
	Non-Hispanic Black	184	5.9%	<5	2.5%	0	0.0%	5	5.1%	6	2.2%	<5	4.1%	97	12.1%	<5	3.8%	<5	5.4%	<5	8.8%	305	6.5%
	Hispanic	418	13.3%	22	13.5%	<5	8.9%	10	10.1%	30	10.8%	8	16.3%	164	20.5%	<5	11.5%	6	10.7%	<5	8.8%	668	14.3%
	Asian-Pacific Islander	362	11.5%	10	6.1%	6	13.3%	16	16.2%	36	13.0%	5	10.2%	108	13.5%	<5	15.4%	<5	7.1%	6	17.6%	557	11.9%
	Other/Unknown	24	0.8%	<5	0.6%	<5	2.2%	<5	1.0%	9	3.2%	<5	6.1%	<5	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	<5	2.9%	43	0.9%
Socioeconomic Status	Low	1,006	32.1%	45	27.6%	9	20.0%	21	21.2%	67	24.2%	15	30.6%	272	34.0%	8	30.8%	17	30.4%	11	32.4%	1,471	31.4%
	Medium	665	21.2%	33	20.2%	10	22.2%	19	19.2%	59	21.3%	6	12.2%	173	21.7%	6	23.1%	14	25.0%	6	17.6%	991	21.2%
	High	1,464	46.7%	85	52.1%	26	57.8%	59	59.6%	151	54.5%	28	57.1%	354	44.3%	12	46.2%	25	44.6%	17	50.0%	2,221	47.4%
Level of Urbanization	Rural	201	6.4%	14	8.6%	<5	2.2%	5	5.1%	23	8.3%	6	12.2%	37	4.6%	<5	11.5%	<5	7.1%	<5	11.8%	298	6.4%
	Urban	2,934	93.6%	149	91.4%	44	97.8%	94	94.9%	254	91.7%	43	87.8%	762	95.4%	23	88.5%	52	92.9%	30	88.2%	4,385	93.6%
Total		3,135		163		45		99		277		49		799		26		56		34		4,683