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Table 3.21

Brain and Other Nervous System (Invasive)

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2011
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis
Race/Ethnicity Sex Years Since Diagnosis Completeh
0 to <5 5 to <10 10 to <15 15 to <20 20 to <25 25 to <30 0 to <19e 0 to <36e >=36g
All Races b Both Sexes 44,217 26,484 19,591 16,190 11,780 6,972 109,276 131,408 13,055 144,463
Males 24,099 13,786 9,994 8,930 6,186 3,704 58,368 69,809 5,939 75,748
Females 20,118 12,698 9,597 7,260 5,594 3,268 50,908 61,599 7,116 68,715
White b Both Sexes 38,106 23,266 17,243 14,134 10,379 6,194 95,125 114,930 4,635 119,565
Males 21,097 12,280 8,856 7,751 5,338 3,327 51,289 61,510 2,622i 64,132
Females 17,009 10,986 8,387 6,383 5,041 2,867 43,836 53,420 2,013i 55,433
Black b Both Sexes 3,667 1,963 1,492 1,230 984 581 8,655 10,362 + +
Males 1,684 903 743 706 600 288 4,232 5,106 + +
Females 1,983 1,060 749 524 384 293 4,423 5,256 + +
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 1,362 787 552 + + + 3,047 + + +
Males 733 370 252 + + + 1,541 + + +
Females 629 417 300 + + + 1,506 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 4,602 2,969 2,209 + + + 10,885 + + +
Males 2,550 1,592 1,091 + + + 5,746 + + +
Females 2,052 1,377 1,118 + + + 5,139 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2011, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 19 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex
Race/Ethnicity Sex Age Specific (Crude) Age-Adjustedf
All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ All Ages
All Races c Both Sexes 0.0306% 0.0147% 0.0320% 0.0311% 0.0306% 0.0363% 0.0376% 0.0373% 0.0289% 0.0181% 0.0302%
Males 0.0333% 0.0153% 0.0335% 0.0330% 0.0339% 0.0399% 0.0418% 0.0417% 0.0307% 0.0196% 0.0328%
Females 0.0280% 0.0142% 0.0305% 0.0292% 0.0272% 0.0327% 0.0335% 0.0333% 0.0275% 0.0172% 0.0278%
White c Both Sexes 0.0348% 0.0163% 0.0361% 0.0354% 0.0350% 0.0416% 0.0434% 0.0422% 0.0318% 0.0186% 0.0343%
Males 0.0379% 0.0166% 0.0384% 0.0374% 0.0379% 0.0462% 0.0479% 0.0471% 0.0348% 0.0207% 0.0372%
Females 0.0317% 0.0160% 0.0335% 0.0331% 0.0320% 0.0369% 0.0389% 0.0376% 0.0293% 0.0173% 0.0314%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0192% 0.0104% 0.0225% 0.0222% 0.0191% 0.0215% 0.0187% 0.0229% 0.0145% 0.0183% 0.0190%
Males 0.0193% 0.0118% 0.0216% 0.0221% 0.0209% 0.0209% 0.0206% 0.0219% 0.0090% - 0.0189%
Females 0.0191% 0.0088% 0.0234% 0.0223% 0.0175% 0.0221% 0.0171% 0.0236% 0.0183% 0.0210% 0.0190%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0176% 0.0102% 0.0185% 0.0177% 0.0182% 0.0196% 0.0201% 0.0180% 0.0213% 0.0118% 0.0175%
Males 0.0185% 0.0109% 0.0175% 0.0193% 0.0227% 0.0190% 0.0218% 0.0192% 0.0183% 0.0140% 0.0183%
Females 0.0167% 0.0096% 0.0196% 0.0162% 0.0142% 0.0202% 0.0186% 0.0171% 0.0235% 0.0104% 0.0167%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0214% 0.0105% 0.0242% 0.0182% 0.0193% 0.0281% 0.0317% 0.0313% 0.0240% 0.0247% 0.0228%
Males 0.0223% 0.0100% 0.0258% 0.0180% 0.0196% 0.0316% 0.0332% 0.0378% 0.0226% 0.0216% 0.0239%
Females 0.0205% 0.0112% 0.0226% 0.0185% 0.0191% 0.0245% 0.0302% 0.0256% 0.0250% 0.0266% 0.0216%

Footnotes:

a US 2011 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2011 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2011 US population estimates based on the average of 2010 and 2011 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the First Malignant Primary Only for a person.

b Statistics based on SEER 9 Areas.

c Statistics based on SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 36 years for 1975-2011 SEER 9 data; 19 years for 1992-2011 SEER 11 data (used to calculate prevalence for Hispanics and Asian Pacific Islanders).

f Percentages are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) by 5-year age groups.

g Cases diagnosed more than 36 years ago were estimated using the completeness index method (Capocaccia et. al. 1997, Merrill et. al. 2000).

h Complete prevalence is obtained by summing 0 to <36 and >=36.

i Age-specific completeness index was approximated using empirical data from historical Connecticut tumor registry.

- Statistic not shown. Statistic based on fewer than 5 cases estimated alive in SEER for the time interval.

+ Not available.

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