Prevalence and Incidence of Brain cancer
Brain cancer Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Brain cancer:
17,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate: brain and other nervous system) ... see also overview of Brain cancer.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 16,000 or 0.01% or 17,000 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "17,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate: brain and other nervous system)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Brain cancer:
17,000 per year,
1,416 per month,
326 per week,
46 per day,
1 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "17,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate: brain and other nervous system)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence of Brain cancer:
Each year more than 17,000 people in the United States find
out they have a brain tumor . (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Brain Tumors: NCI)
Incidence statistics for Brain cancer:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Brain cancer:
- 18,400 new cases for brain/nervous system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 10,540 new male cases for brain/nervous system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 7,860 new female cases for brain/nervous system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 1,300 new cases in men of brain cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004)
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Death statistics for Brain cancer:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Brain cancer:
- 12,690 estimated deaths for brain/nervous system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 7,200 estimated male deaths for brain/nervous system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 5,490 estimated female deaths for brain/nervous system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 600 deaths in women from brain cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004)
- 950 deaths in men from brain cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004)
- 5 per 100,000 deaths in men from brain cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004)
- 4 per 100,000 deaths in women from brain cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004)
- more statistics...»
More Statistics about Brain cancer:
Deaths and related statistics
Hospitalization statistics
Survival rate statistics
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Prevalence/Incidence of Brain cancer: Online Medical Books
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Malignant brain tumors:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The cause of most brain tumors is unknown, but exposure to ionizing radiation is a known environmental risk. Additionally, most malignant tumors of the brain are of metastatic origin; 20% to 40% of patients with cancer develop brain metastasis.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Malignant spinal neoplasms:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Primary tumors of the spinal cord may be extramedullary (occurring outside the spinal cord) or intramedullary (occurring within the cord itself). Extramedullary tumors may be intradural (meningiomas and schwannomas), which account for 60% of all primary malignant spinal cord neoplasms, or extradural (metastatic tumors from breasts, lungs, prostate, leukemia, or lymphomas), which account for 25% of these malignant neoplasms.
Intramedullary tumors, or gliomas (astrocytomas or ependymomas), are comparatively rare, accounting for only about 10%. In children, they're low-grade astrocytomas.
Spinal cord tumors are rare compared with intracranial tumors (ratio of 1:4). They occur equally in men and women, with the exception of meningiomas, which occur mostly in women. Spinal cord tumors can occur anywhere along the length of the cord or its roots.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Brain Tumor:
Brain Tumor - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
Brain Tumor - incidence
- Most common solid neoplasm of childhood (2nd to leukemia in overall incidence)
- Incidence rising (>3,000 new cases/year)
- 3.9 cases/100,000 children/year
- Peak incidence in children ≤7 years of age
Brain Tumor - prevalence
- Slight male predominance
- Majority arise infratentorially (within cerebellum or brainstem) in children 1–11 years of age
- Majority arise supratentorially in children <1 year of age
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Brain cancer usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Brain cancer at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Brain cancer refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Brain cancer diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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