Children Under - 10 

•Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children aged under-10 accounting for one third of all cancer deaths in this age group. 

•About 57 children aged under-10 are diagnosed with brain cancer per year and about 26 children die in this age group per year.  

Children Under - 15 

•  Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children aged under 15 years, accounting for one third of cancer deaths in this age bracket. 

•  About 75 children under-15 are diagnosed with brain cancer per year, and about 33 die per year. 

Young people  

•Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in people aged 0-39 years with an  average of 120 deaths per year. 

•Brain cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in females aged 0-44 years (behind breast cancer) with an average of 69 deaths per year.

Brain cancer (all ages) 

•Each year about 1400 cases of malignant brain cancer are diagnosed in Australia and about 1100 people die from the disease each year. 

•One person is diagnosed with brain cancer every six hours and one person dies from malignant brain cancer every eight hours in Australia. 

General 

•The most common malignant brain cancer, high grade glioma (HGG), is almost 100% fatal.  

•Brain cancer is one of the most under-studied of all cancers yet receives very little research funding.  

•No significant improvement has been made in survival rates in almost two decades. 

•Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children. 

•Brain cancer strikes adults and children alike, with the incidence highest in adults in the prime of life. 

•No risk factors have been identified and no screening procedures are in place. 

•Brain cancer carries the highest individual financial burden of all cancers with an average cost more than 5 times higher.