Brain and central nervous system tumours: UK incidence 1999
| England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | UK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Directly age standardised (European) rate per 100000 population at risk. | ||||||
| Source: www.cancerresearchUK.org | ||||||
| Numbers | Males | 2092 | 159 | 196 | 81 | 2528 |
| Females | 1529 | 136 | 165 | 37 | 1867 | |
| Persons | 3.621 | 295 | 361 | 118 | 4395 | |
| Age standardised rates* | Males | 8.3 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 |
| Females | 5.3 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 | |
| Persons | 6.8 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 6.8 | |
| 95% confidence intervals | Males | (8.0 to 8.7) | (8.5 to 11.7) | (6.5 to 8.6) | (8.1 to 12.7) | (8.1 to 8.7) |
| Females | (5.1 to 5.6) | (6.4 to 8.9) | (4.4 to 6.0) | (3.0 to 5.8) | (5.2 to 5.7) | |
| Persons | (6.5 to 7.0) | (7.8 to 9.8) | (5.6 to 6.9) | (5.9 to 8.5) | (6.6 to 7.0) | |