Morocco - Cancer Registry of Greater Casablanca 2004
General Info
Original or alternative title
Registre des Cancers de la Région du grand Casablanca 2004: Année 2004
Coverage type
Subnational
Time period covered
January, 2004 - December, 2004
Data type
Disease registry:
Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary
This registry is the first cancer registry in Morocco. The report presents demographic and health information for Grand Casablanca along with a descriptive epidemiology of cancer in the regional population. The registry presents the incidence of cancer, statistical data on the cancer-related morbidity in the region, and causality between cancers and their risk factors. Data in the tables are broken down by age, sex, and histological type.
Keywords
Bladder cancer, Brain and nervous system cancers, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cervix uteri cancer, Colon and rectum cancers, Corpus uteri cancer, Gallbladder and biliary tract cancers, Hodgkin lymphoma, ICD-O-3, Incidence, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Larynx cancer, Leukemia, Liver cancer, Mouth cancer, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Oesophagus cancer, Ovary cancer, Pancreas cancer, Pharynx cancers, Population, Prostate cancer, Skin cancers, Stomach cancer, Testicular cancer, Thyroid cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers
Citation
Contributors
Publication year
2007
Suggested citation
Casablanca Ministry of Health (Morocco), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca (Morocco), Ibn Rochd University Hospital (Morocco), Lalla Salma Association to Fight Against Cancer (Morocco), National Institute of Oncology Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Rabat (Morocco). Morocco - Cancer Registry of Greater Casablanca 2004. Rabat, Morocco: Lalla Salma Association to Fight Against Cancer (Morocco), 2007.