Table 4: Number of Cases and Percent of First Primary Malignant and Benign Central Nervous System Tumors among Children, Adolescents and Teens by Age Group, Population Demographics and Diagnostic Group, California, 2001-2005
Demographic Characteristics			Malignant																Benign
			IIIA Ependymomas & Choroid Plexus Tumor		IIIB Astrocytomas		IIIC1 Medullo- blastomas		IIIC2 PNET		IIID Other Gliomas		XA Intracranial & Intraspinal Germ Cell		Z Other		Total		IIIB Astrocytomas		IIIE Other Specified Intracranial & Intraspinal		Z Other		Total
			n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
< 5 years	Sex	Male	41	55.4%	40	59.7%	43	67.2%	26	55.3%	18	45.0%			25	53.2%	193	56.9%	60	50.4%			12	34.3%	72	46.8%
		Female	33	44.6%	27	40.3%	21	32.8%	21	44.7%	22	55.0%			22	46.8%	146	43.1%	59	49.6%			23	65.7%	82	53.2%
	Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white	22	29.7%	24	35.8%	20	31.3%	13	27.7%	12	30.0%			17	36.2%	108	31.9%	47	39.5%			15	42.9%	62	40.3%
		Hispanic	41	55.4%	25	37.3%	38	59.4%	24	51.1%	19	47.5%			21	44.7%	168	49.6%	54	45.4%			15	42.9%	69	44.8%
		Other/Unknown	11	14.9%	18	26.9%	6	9.4%	10	21.3%	9	22.5%			9	19.1%	63	18.6%	18	15.1%			5	14.3%	23	14.9%
	Socioeconomic Status	Low	36	48.6%	25	37.3%	27	42.2%	20	42.6%	21	52.5%			18	38.3%	147	43.4%	61	51.3%			11	31.4%	72	46.8%
		Medium	12	16.2%	13	19.4%	14	21.9%	10	21.3%	5	12.5%			8	17.0%	62	18.3%	19	16.0%			10	28.6%	29	18.8%
		High	26	35.1%	29	43.3%	23	35.9%	17	36.2%	14	35.0%			21	44.7%	130	38.3%	39	32.8%			14	40.0%	53	34.4%
5-9 years	Sex	Male	13	46.4%	36	50.0%	42	61.8%	16	55.2%	35	47.9%			13	48.1%	155	52.2%	46	45.1%			22	47.8%	68	45.9%
		Female	15	53.6%	36	50.0%	26	38.2%	13	44.8%	38	52.1%			14	51.9%	142	47.8%	56	54.9%			24	52.2%	80	54.1%
	Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white	6	21.4%	32	44.4%	28	41.2%	12	41.4%	26	35.6%			9	33.3%	113	38.0%	51	50.0%			23	50.0%	74	50.0%
		Hispanic	14	50.0%	34	47.2%	36	52.9%	13	44.8%	30	41.1%			11	40.7%	138	46.5%	37	36.3%			18	39.1%	55	37.2%
		Other/Unknown	8	28.6%	6	8.3%					17	23.3%			7	25.9%	46	15.5%	14	13.7%			5	10.9%	19	12.8%
	Socioeconomic Status	Low	17	60.7%	30	41.7%	28	41.2%	14	48.3%	34	46.6%			11	40.7%	134	45.1%	35	34.3%			17	37.0%	52	35.1%
		Medium			11	15.3%	15	22.1%			13	17.8%			7	25.9%	53	17.8%	21	20.6%			13	28.3%	34	23.0%
		High	8	28.6%	31	43.1%	25	36.8%	11	37.9%	26	35.6%			9	33.3%	110	37.0%	46	45.1%			16	34.8%	62	41.9%
10-14 years	Sex	Male			34	51.5%					25	49.0%	49	83.1%	46	58.2%	154	60.4%	42	47.2%	22	53.7%	18	60.0%	82	51.3%
		Female			32	48.5%					26	51.0%	10	16.9%	33	41.8%	101	39.6%	47	52.8%	19	46.3%	12	40.0%	78	48.8%
	Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white			33	50.0%					24	47.1%	19	32.2%	37	46.8%	113	44.3%	47	52.8%	17	41.5%	14	46.7%	78	48.8%
		Hispanic			24	36.4%					21	41.2%	27	45.8%	32	40.5%	104	40.8%	28	31.5%	21	51.2%	12	40.0%	61	38.1%
		Other/Unknown			9	13.6%					6	11.8%	13	22.0%	10	12.7%	38	14.9%	14	15.7%					21	13.1%
	Socioeconomic Status	Low			30	45.5%					17	33.3%	21	35.6%	36	45.6%	104	40.8%	29	32.6%	16	39.0%	13	43.3%	58	36.3%
		Medium			10	15.2%					13	25.5%	9	15.3%	10	12.7%	42	16.5%	17	19.1%	11	26.8%	7	23.3%	35	21.9%
		High			26	39.4%					21	41.2%	29	49.2%	33	41.8%	109	42.7%	43	48.3%	14	34.1%	10	33.3%	67	41.9%
15-19 years	Sex	Male			44	62.0%					17	48.6%	35	81.4%	42	56.8%	138	61.9%	36	59.0%	44	31.9%	21	56.8%	101	42.8%
		Female			27	38.0%					18	51.4%	8	18.6%	32	43.2%	85	38.1%	25	41.0%	94	68.1%	16	43.2%	135	57.2%
	Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white			30	42.3%					17	48.6%	15	34.9%	40	54.1%	102	45.7%	33	54.1%	55	39.9%	17	45.9%	105	44.5%
		Hispanic			23	32.4%					11	31.4%	12	27.9%	27	36.5%	73	32.7%	22	36.1%	68	49.3%	13	35.1%	103	43.6%
		Other/Unknown			18	25.4%					7	20.0%	16	37.2%	7	9.5%	48	21.5%	6	9.8%	15	10.9%	7	18.9%	28	11.9%
	Socioeconomic Status	Low			33	46.5%					15	42.9%	14	32.6%	23	31.1%	85	38.1%	26	42.6%	64	46.4%	15	40.5%	105	44.5%
		Medium			12	16.9%					8	22.9%	9	20.9%	13	17.6%	42	18.8%	17	27.9%	25	18.1%	7	18.9%	49	20.8%
		High			26	36.6%					12	34.3%	20	46.5%	38	51.4%	96	43.0%	18	29.5%	49	35.5%	15	40.5%	82	34.7%
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