Table 3 Incidence trends and five-year age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) per 100,000 person-years with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of pediatric CNS tumors in Finland

Total

0.8 (0.2, 1.4)

201

4.12 (4.03, 4.21)

195

4.25 (4.15, 4.34)

216

4.81 (4.71, 4.91)

 Boys

0.9 (0.1, 1.8)

105

4.20 (4.07, 4.32)

117

4.99 (4.85, 5.14)

117

5.09 (4.94, 5.24)

 Girls

0.7 (−0.3, 1.7)

96

4.04 (3.91, 4.17)

78

3.47 (3.35, 3.60)

99

4.52 (4.37, 4.66)

 0–4 years

0.4 (−0.8, 1.5)

85

5.28 (4.16, 6.41)

68

4.78 (3.65, 5.92)

82

5.60 (4.39, 6.82)

 5–9 years

1.0 (−0.4, 2.3)

61

3.81 (2.86, 4.77)

66

4.30 (3.26, 5.33)

70

4.57 (3.50, 5.64)

 10–14 years

1.1 (−0.3, 2.4)

55

3.37 (2.48, 4.26)

61

3.71 (2.78, 4.65)

64

4.33 (3.27, 5.39)

 Grade I

1.0 (0.1, 2.0)

80

1.64 (1.59, 1.70)

96

2.09 (2.02, 2.15)

98

2.20 (2.13, 2.27)

 Grade II

−0.5 (−2.5, 1.5)

41

0.85 (0.81, 0.89)

27

0.59 (0.56, 0.63)

26

0.57 (0.54, 0.61)

 Grade III

2.6 (0.0, 5.3)

13

0.27 (0.24, 0.29)

20

0.44 (0.40, 0.47)

25

0.55 (0.51, 0.58)

 Grade IV

0.7 (−0.4, 1.8)

48

0.97 (0.93, 1.02)

42

0.91 (0.87, 0.96)

45

1.00 (0.95, 1.04)

 Supratentorial

−0.9 (−2.1, 0.4)

65

1.33 (1.28, 1.38)

74

1.61 (1.55, 1.67)

50

1.11 (1.06, 1.16)

 Infratentorial

0.4 (−0.8, 1.6)

86

1.76 (1.70, 1.82)

86

1.87 (1.81, 1.93)

88

1.95 (1.89, 2.02)

 Cerebellum

0.1 (−1.2, 1.4)

59

1.20 (1.15, 1.25)

59

1.28 (1.23, 1.33)

55

1.22 (1.17, 1.27)

 Brain stem

1.6 (−0.4, 3.7)

26

0.54 (0.51, 0.57)

26

0.57 (0.54, 0.61)

32

0.71 (0.67, 0.75)

 Spinal cord

1.0 (−1.3, 3.4)

15

0.31 (0.29, 0.34)

11

0.24 (0.22, 0.26)

14

0.32 (0.29, 0.34)

 Unspecified

2.5 (−2.5, 7.8)

30

0.61 (0.58, 0.65)

20

0.44 (0.41, 0.47)

58

1.29 (1.24, 1.35)

 Diffuse astrocytic tumors

−1.7 (−3.5, 0.1)

44

0.91 (0.87, 0.95)

33

0.72 (0.68, 0.76)

23

0.52 (0.48, 0.55)

 Other astrocytic tumors

0.6 (−0.6, 1.8)

63

1.30 (1.25, 1.35)

67

1.45 (1.40, 1.51)

66

1.48 (1.42, 1.54)

 Pilocytic astrocytoma

0.4 (−0.9, 1.7)

56

1.15 (1.10, 1.20)

63

1.37 (1.31, 1.42)

58

1.30 (1.24, 1.35)

 Ependymal tumors

1.9 (−0.5, 4.4)

13

0.27 (0.25, 0.29)

20

0.44 (0.41, 0.47)

23

0.50 (0.47, 0.54)

 Neuronal/glial tumors

1.4 (−1.3, 4.2)

13

0.27 (0.24, 0.29)

23

0.50 (0.47, 0.53)

23

0.52 (0.48, 0.55)

 Embryonal tumors

1.2 (−0.1, 2.6)

34

0.68 (0.65, 0.72)

27

0.59 (0.55, 0.62)

39

0.86 (0.82, 0.90)

 Medulloblastoma

1.6 (−0.4, 3.6)

22

0.45 (0.42, 0.48)

14

0.31 (0.28, 0.33)

30

0.66 (0.62, 0.70)

 Other tumors

1.5 (−0.0, 3.1)

34

0.69 (0.65, 0.73)

25

0.55 (0.51, 0.58)

42

0.93 (0.89, 0.98)