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Epidemiology and Demographics

Brain tumors account for 85% to 90% of all primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Available registry data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database for 1996 to 2000 indicate that the combined incidence of primary invasive CNS tumors in the United States is 6.6 per 100,000 persons per year with an estimated mortality of 4.7 per 100,000 persons per year. Worldwide, approximately 176,000 new cases of brain and other CNS tumors were diagnosed in the year 2000, with an estimated mortality of 128,000. In general, the incidence of primary brain tumors is higher in whites than in blacks, and mortality is higher in males than in females.