Table 18: 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		Cerebrum		Brain Lobes		Ventricle		Cerebellum		Brain Stem		Spinal Cord & Cauda Equina		Overlapping lesions		Brain / Nervous System, NOS		Other		Total
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex	Men	21	39.6%	66	52.0%	864	51.1%	12	60.0%	22	46.8%	15	48.4%	16	42.1%	314	54.0%	143	47.0%	14	53.8%	1,487	50.9%
	Women	32	60.4%	61	48.0%	828	48.9%	8	40.0%	25	53.2%	16	51.6%	22	57.9%	268	46.0%	161	53.0%	12	46.2%	1,433	49.1%
Race/Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic White	32	60.4%	91	71.7%	1,308	77.3%	12	60.0%	30	63.8%	18	58.1%	27	71.1%	413	71.0%	242	79.6%	12	46.2%	2,185	74.8%
	Non-Hispanic Black	<5	5.7%	<5	3.1%	51	3.0%	<5	5.0%	5	10.6%	<5	9.7%	<5	2.6%	21	3.6%	8	2.6%	<5	11.5%	100	3.4%
	Hispanic	11	20.8%	20	15.7%	239	14.1%	<5	10.0%	10	21.3%	6	19.4%	6	15.8%	105	18.0%	28	9.2%	9	34.6%	436	14.9%
	Asian-Pacific Islander	7	13.2%	12	9.4%	90	5.3%	5	25.0%	<5	4.3%	<5	9.7%	<5	7.9%	43	7.4%	25	8.2%	<5	7.7%	192	6.6%
	Other/Unknown	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	<5	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	<5	3.2%	<5	2.6%	0	0.0%	<5	0.3%	0	0.0%	7	0.2%
Socioeconomic Status	Low	11	20.8%	41	32.3%	466	27.5%	<5	15.0%	17	36.2%	7	22.6%	15	39.5%	195	33.5%	96	31.6%	12	46.2%	863	29.6%
	Medium	11	20.8%	22	17.3%	395	23.3%	8	40.0%	8	17.0%	9	29.0%	7	18.4%	119	20.4%	62	20.4%	<5	11.5%	644	22.1%
	High	31	58.5%	64	50.4%	831	49.1%	9	45.0%	22	46.8%	15	48.4%	16	42.1%	268	46.0%	146	48.0%	11	42.3%	1,413	48.4%
Level of Urbanization	Rural	8	15.1%	9	7.1%	133	7.9%	<5	5.0%	<5	8.5%	<5	12.9%	<5	2.6%	47	8.1%	15	4.9%	<5	11.5%	225	7.7%
	Urban	45	84.9%	118	92.9%	1,559	92.1%	19	95.0%	43	91.5%	27	87.1%	37	97.4%	535	91.9%	289	95.1%	23	88.5%	2,695	92.3%
Total		53		127		1,692		20		47		31		38		582		304		26		2,920