Table 2: Age-Specific Incidence Rate* (ASIR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) of First Primary Central Nervous System Tumors among Children, Adolescents and Teens by Age Group, Tumor Behavior and Race/Ethnicity, California, 2001-2005
Age Group	Race	Malignant		Benign
		ASIR	95%CI	ASIR	95%CI
< 5 years	Non-Hispanic White	2.6	(2.2, 3.2)	1.5	(1.2, 1.9)
	Non-Hispanic Black	2.3	(1.4, 3.5)
	Hispanic	2.6	(2.2, 3.0)	1.1	(0.8, 1.4)
	Asian-Pacific Islander	2.7	(1.9, 3.8)
	Total	2.6	(2.4, 2.9)	1.2	(1.0, 1.4)
5-9 years	Non-Hispanic White	2.5	(2.1, 3.1)	1.7	(1.3, 2.1)
	Non-Hispanic Black	1.7	(1.0, 2.8)
	Hispanic	2.2	(1.9, 2.6)	0.9	(0.7, 1.2)
	Asian-Pacific Islander	1.8	(1.1, 2.6)
	Total	2.3	(2.0, 2.5)	1.1	(1.0, 1.3)
10-14 years	Non-Hispanic White	2.3	(1.9, 2.7)	1.6	(1.2, 1.9)
	Non-Hispanic Black
	Hispanic	1.7	(1.4, 2.1)	1.0	(0.8, 1.3)
	Asian-Pacific Islander	1.8	(1.2, 2.7)
	Total	1.9	(1.6, 2.1)	1.2	(1.0, 1.4)
15-19 years	Non-Hispanic White	2.0	(1.6, 2.5)	2.1	(1.7, 2.5)
	Non-Hispanic Black
	Hispanic	1.4	(1.1, 1.8)	2.0	(1.6, 2.4)
	Asian-Pacific Islander	2.3	(1.6, 3.2)	1.1	(0.7, 1.8)
	Total	1.7	(1.5, 2.0)	1.8	(1.6, 2.1)
* Age-specific incidence rates are per 100,000 population. Rates are standardized to the 2000 US population.
Shaded cells = rates could not be calculated if number of cases were less than 15 and/or the underlying population was less than 100,000.