Cancer Incidence in Oman 2002

General Info

Provider

Ministry of Health (Oman)

Tabulations only

Geography

Oman (OMN)

Coverage type

Country

Time period covered

January, 2002 - December, 2002

Data type

Disease registry

Summary

The Oman National Cancer Registry was established in 1985 as a hospital based registry. This is the 7th annual report of cancer incidence in Oman and covers incidence and mortality for the year 2002. All cancer cases are reported to the National Cancer Registry and are coded using ICD-10.

Comprehensive tabulations provide incidence data broken down by 5-year age group, sex, and cancer site for the year 2002. For each specific cancer, there is a maps displaying cancer incidence by cancer site and region for 10 governorates in Oman. The report also includes a table of frequency trends from 1996-2002 for each cancer broken down by sex. Other sections in the report include childhood cancers, cancers among non-citizens in Oman, hospital-based deaths due to cancer, and cancer incidence in five continents.

The full report is available for download from the Ministry of Health website.

Keywords

Bladder cancer, Brain and nervous system cancers, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cervix uteri cancer, Colon and rectum cancers, Corpus uteri cancer, Death certificates, Gallbladder and biliary tract cancers, Hodgkin lymphoma, ICD-10, ICD-O-2, ICD-O-3, Incidence, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Larynx cancer, Leukemia, Liver cancer, Melanoma, Mortality, Mouth cancer, Multiple myeloma, 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

Oman National Cancer Registry

Ministry of Health (Oman)

Publisher

Ministry of Health (Oman)

Suggested citation

Ministry of Health (Oman), Oman National Cancer Registry. Cancer Incidence in Oman 2002. Muscat, Oman: Ministry of Health (Oman).