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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, 2013
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 <21e 0 to <38e >=38g
All Races b Both Sexes 46,359 26,407 21,630 16,369 12,681 8,623 119,068 140,209 12,542 152,751
Males 24,907 14,055 10,678 8,929 6,913 4,615 63,225 74,171 5,653 79,824
Females 21,452 12,352 10,952 7,440 5,768 4,008 55,843 66,038 6,889 72,927
White b Both Sexes 39,980 22,783 19,086 14,228 11,101 7,740 103,303 122,191 3,207 125,398
Males 21,552 12,361 9,483 7,819 6,030 4,058 55,233 64,997 1,817i 66,814
Females 18,428 10,422 9,603 6,409 5,071 3,682 48,070 57,194 1,390i 58,584
Black b Both Sexes 3,743 2,197 1,645 1,302 1,104 610 9,608 11,278 + +
Males 1,883 953 794 663 619 387 4,730 5,589 + +
Females 1,860 1,244 851 639 485 223 4,878 5,689 + +
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 1,542 855 568 + + + 3,519 + + +
Males 812 396 282 + + + 1,761 + + +
Females 730 459 286 + + + 1,758 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 4,886 3,112 2,463 + + + 12,273 + + +
Males 2,718 1,710 1,265 + + + 6,579 + + +
Females 2,168 1,402 1,198 + + + 5,694 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2013, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 21 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 0.0329% 0.0145% 0.0329% 0.0346% 0.0335% 0.0371% 0.0416% 0.0409% 0.0328% 0.0184% 0.0323%
Males 0.0355% 0.0151% 0.0344% 0.0363% 0.0367% 0.0410% 0.0456% 0.0459% 0.0342% 0.0214% 0.0349%
Females 0.0302% 0.0138% 0.0314% 0.0329% 0.0303% 0.0333% 0.0377% 0.0363% 0.0317% 0.0167% 0.0298%
White c Both Sexes 0.0373% 0.0163% 0.0368% 0.0398% 0.0385% 0.0427% 0.0477% 0.0450% 0.0371% 0.0189% 0.0367%
Males 0.0404% 0.0169% 0.0390% 0.0418% 0.0417% 0.0472% 0.0522% 0.0498% 0.0393% 0.0218% 0.0396%
Females 0.0342% 0.0155% 0.0344% 0.0378% 0.0352% 0.0380% 0.0432% 0.0405% 0.0353% 0.0171% 0.0338%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0210% 0.0104% 0.0243% 0.0229% 0.0221% 0.0223% 0.0227% 0.0293% 0.0131% 0.0156% 0.0207%
Males 0.0212% 0.0105% 0.0228% 0.0245% 0.0219% 0.0227% 0.0227% 0.0321% 0.0105% 0.0178% 0.0208%
Females 0.0209% 0.0104% 0.0258% 0.0214% 0.0222% 0.0218% 0.0228% 0.0272% 0.0149% 0.0145% 0.0206%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0191% 0.0089% 0.0203% 0.0195% 0.0188% 0.0205% 0.0222% 0.0245% 0.0209% 0.0148% 0.0188%
Males 0.0200% 0.0090% 0.0197% 0.0191% 0.0221% 0.0212% 0.0237% 0.0292% 0.0177% 0.0171% 0.0197%
Females 0.0182% 0.0088% 0.0209% 0.0198% 0.0159% 0.0199% 0.0210% 0.0205% 0.0233% 0.0135% 0.0181%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0231% 0.0108% 0.0248% 0.0217% 0.0212% 0.0281% 0.0355% 0.0332% 0.0261% 0.0239% 0.0243%
Males 0.0245% 0.0113% 0.0259% 0.0213% 0.0213% 0.0322% 0.0390% 0.0409% 0.0236% 0.0303% 0.0261%
Females 0.0217% 0.0104% 0.0236% 0.0222% 0.0210% 0.0239% 0.0320% 0.0265% 0.0280% 0.0200% 0.0225%

Footnotes:

a US 2013 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2013 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2013 US population estimates based on the average of 2012 and 2013 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 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 38 years for 1975-2013 SEER 9 data; 21 years for 1992-2013 SEER 13 data (excluding the Alaska Navtive Registry) 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 38 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 <38 and >=38.

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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