Guyana Cancer Report 2000-2004
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2000 - December, 2004
Data type
Disease registry:
Nationally representative
Summary
This report provides incidence and mortality data from the first years of the national Guyana Cancer Registry which was established in May 2000. Data are provided on the distribution of select cancers, incidence rates, case-fatality rates, and survival. Data are broken down by region, ethnicity, stages of cancer, ten year age groups, and location of diagnosis. The data are not coded.
For rates provided in the report, the population numbers were taken from results of the 1999 Guyana Survey of Living Conditions.
Keywords
Bladder cancer, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cervix uteri cancer, Colon and rectum cancers, Corpus uteri cancer, Ethnicity, Incidence, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Larynx cancer, Liver cancer, Oesophagus cancer, Ovary cancer, Prostate cancer, Stomach cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Suggested citation
Guyana Cancer Registry, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Ministry of Health (Guyana). Guyana Cancer Report 2000-2004. Guyana: Guyana Cancer Registry.