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Singapore Cancer Incidence and Mortality 2003-2012 and Selected Trends 1973-2012

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Singapore Cancer Registry Report No. 8
Provider 
National Registry of Diseases Office (NRDO), Ministry of Health (Singapore)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Singapore (SGP)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1973 - 12/2012
Series or system 
Singapore Cancer Registry (SCR)
Data type
Disease registry
Summary 

This report from the Singapore Cancer Registry (SCR) focuses on cancer incidence and mortality in citizens and permanent residents from 2008-2012, with some examination of trends since 1973. This is the first report to use population denominators from the Department of Statistics (DOS), Singapore, to calculate incidence rates. There are also sections focused on specific cancer sites, childhood cancers, and cancers among non-residents. Numbers and incidence rates by site, sex, ethnicity, and 5-year age groups for 2008-2012 are provided in Appendices B and C.

Keywords 
Bladder cancer, Brain and nervous system cancers, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cervix uteri cancer, Colon and rectum cancers, Corpus uteri cancer, Ethnicity, Gallbladder and biliary tract cancers, ICD-9, Incidence, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Larynx cancer, Liver cancer, Melanoma, Mortality, Mouth cancer, Oesophagus cancer, Ovary cancer, Pancreas cancer, Pharynx cancers, Population, Prostate cancer, Skin cancers, Stomach cancer, Testicular cancer, Thyroid cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers
GHDx Entry last modified on: Nov 6, 2018