title: CNS tumours in south-western Finland: high location, high incidence.
abstract: The Department of Paediatrics at the University Central Hospital of Turku, Finland has 130,000 children under 17 y of age within its catchment area. We collected all 103 cases of newly diagnosed CNS tumours from the 15-y period of 1981-95. The incidence was 5.3:100,000, a figure twofold those usually presented. During the period 1981-85 the incidence was lower (4) than during the subsequent 5-y periods (5.7 and 6.2). There were no statistical differences between the incidences of the supra- vs infratentorial brain tumours. Optic glioma was unusually common (17%, CI 13.9-20%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University Central Hospital of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aärimaa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arola
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Salmi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015996:Survival Rate